[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 77 (Tuesday, May 19, 2009)]
[House]
[Pages H5720-H5721]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    RESTORING FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY

  (Ms. TITUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. TITUS. Mr. Speaker, after 8 years of economic policies that have 
left our Nation's fiscal house awash in red ink, this Congress is 
taking important steps to restore fiscal responsibility. We inherited a 
fiscal and economic mess that included soaring unemployment, a record 
deficit and a

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housing crisis. Faced with the worst recession in a generation, this 
Congress took unprecedented action in an effort to end our economic 
slide and turn our economy around.
  First was the recovery package that invested in needed infrastructure 
and provided tax relief to 95 percent of working Americans. And now, 
with a budget that calls for health care reform, job creation, clean 
energy and investments in education, we will grow our economy while 
cutting the deficit by two-thirds over the next 5 years. By providing 
real oversight and honest accounting and with a commitment to fiscal 
responsibility, we are changing the way business is done in Washington.

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