[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 55 (Wednesday, April 1, 2009)]
[House]
[Pages H4254-H4255]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            BUDGET DEBATE 3

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. FOXX. Today, the House will consider whether we put our fiscal 
house in order or whether we continue the same failed policies of 
wasteful spending and skyrocketing debt.
  We will decide whether we continue the great American tradition of 
leaving our children a Nation stronger and more prosperous than the one 
our parents left for us.
  The President and Democrats in Washington have proposed a budget that 
takes this country in the wrong direction. The President proposes many 
of the same failed policies that caused our economic crisis, a budget 
that spends too much, taxes too much, and borrows too much.
  Our children and grandchildren deserve better. It's time to get our 
fiscal house in order and make the tough decisions needed to set this 
country back

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on the path of economic growth and fiscal responsibility.
  The Republicans will present our budget plan that does just that, a 
budget plan that curbs spending, keeps taxes low, and tackles our 
Nation's skyrocketing deficits and debt.
  The Congress must reject the President's budget and begin working on 
behalf of the American people.

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