[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 16 (Wednesday, February 3, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H479-H480]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS

  (Mr. DREIER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, last Wednesday night we all had a stirring 
address here in this Chamber from the President in which he proposed a 
3-year spending freeze. And we all lauded the fact that the President 
was getting serious about the notion of reducing Federal spending in 
light of the fact that we have seen this 86 percent increase take place 
in the past year over spending the year before. The problem is this: We 
all were taught as children that actions speak louder than words.
  The first bill that is to be coming to this House since the President 
gave his State of the Union message calling for the spending freeze is 
a measure which is denying an opportunity for our colleague from 
Dallas, Texas, Mr. Sessions, to propose a freeze in the level of

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spending. There are 17 amendments that have been made in order. The one 
amendment denied was the spending freeze amendment.
  And so, Mr. Speaker, it's very important for us to note that it's 
easy to talk about the need for us to freeze spending, but when the 
first bill, the first bill that's coming to this House denies an 
opportunity to even debate it, it shows that actions do speak louder 
than words.

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