[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]




                           RECKLESS SPENDING

  (Mr. BUCHANAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. BUCHANAN. Madam Speaker, the House will vote today on a Federal 
budget that borrows, taxes, and spends more than any other budget in 
history. Tax increases and deficit spending on big government programs 
won't help the economy. It will discourage job creation and burden 
families in the future for additional generations.
  We can't spend our way back in terms of the recession and we can't 
borrow our way out of debt. The budget before us today would increase 
spending by $1.9 trillion over the next 10 years, raise taxes by $1.4 
trillion, and add $3.3 trillion in new debt.
  This is reckless spending masquerading as sound budgeting. What our 
country needs is a responsible budget that scales back spending and 
borrowing; a budget that will strengthen our economy and put Americans 
back to work; a budget that will leave our children and grandchildren 
with better opportunities than we had.

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