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




               WHAT DOES RENEWING AMERICA'S PROMISE MEAN?

  (Mr. FLEMING asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. FLEMING. Madam Speaker, for the past few months we've heard our 
liberal colleagues repeatedly talk about renewing America's promise. Is 
it America's promise to place an insurmountable debt burden on our 
future generations?
  This Congress just passed the largest series of spending bills in 
American history, and now this administration has unveiled a $3.6 
trillion Federal spending plan. The U.S. is facing its largest deficit 
in history; yet we have placed a mortgage on America's future, and it's 
up to our children and grandchildren to make the monthly payments.
  This budget doubles our debt in 5 years and triples it in 10 years.
  My liberal colleagues have fostered in a new era where you can become 
the head of the IRS without paying your taxes, where pork-laden 
appropriations bills are done behind closed doors, and massive spending 
bills are designed in secrecy.
  Writing blank checks from an empty bank account appears to be our 
real promise to America. Promoting a new era of irresponsibility has 
become this Congress' real agenda.
  I will not vote for this budget, as it spends too much, taxes too 
much, and borrows too much.

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