[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 56 (Thursday, April 2, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H4401]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                WE MUST WORK TOGETHER TO FIND SOLUTIONS

  (Mr. REICHERT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks).
  Mr. REICHERT. Let's just talk about common sense. Budgets are about 
priorities. They're not just blueprints, but plans on how to achieve 
goals. Just as families sit down at the kitchen table to map out how to 
make ends meet to save for college education or their retirement, so 
too must the government put forward a responsible budget.
  This budget identifies important priorities--economic recovery, 
health care, and energy independence--but I'm concerned. This budget 
spends too much, borrows too much, and taxes too much.
  We must offer tax incentives to invest and create jobs, not raise 
taxes on job creators and small businesses. We must reduce wasteful 
spending, not increase the debt by $9 trillion.
  We must work together to find solutions to the challenges before us, 
not halt progress with ``politics as usual.''
  Despite calls to work together, this budget could permit a 
government-run health plan to be rammed through Congress without real 
consideration to protect seniors or the patient-doctor relationship. 
It's not about big government. It's about families, it's about small 
businesses, about entrepreneurism.
  Let's oppose this budget and advance one that reflects the values 
found at kitchen tables across our country.

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