[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 27, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H391-H392]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             A RETURN TO BALANCED BUDGETS AND JOB CREATION

  (Mr. FLEMING asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. FLEMING. Mr. Speaker, according to a poll released this week by 
CNN, nearly three out of four Americans think that much of the money 
spent in the so-called stimulus plan has been wasted. I agree. Should 
we be surprised that a bill chock-full of earmarks and pet projects did 
nothing to inspire confidence among Americans? And with a record drop 
in real estate sales, a languishing stock market, and an unemployment 
rate remaining above 10 percent, should we blame them? The CBO just 
offered that after only 1 year in total control, Democrats more than 
tripled the annual deficit, from $408 billion to $1.4 trillion. These

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are not the changes Americans voted for.
  Mr. Speaker, when it comes to the idea of a spending freeze, this 
country needs more than just window dressing. It needs to return to 
balanced budgets and a real focus on job creation.

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