[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 4 (Tuesday, January 11, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E45]
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                           RULES OF THE HOUSE

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                               speech of

                            HON. GWEN MOORE

                              of wisconsin

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, January 5, 2011

  Ms. MOORE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to sound the alarm about the 
hypocrisy and reckless budget policies the Republicans have rolled out 
this week.
  The Republican leadership has declared that a new day is dawning--a 
day of so-called ``fiscal discipline.'' But even a child could see that 
their new ``cut-go'' budget loopholes just compound irresponsibility 
with more irresponsibility. Republicans want free rein to cut taxes but 
not pay for them and to ignore the fact that health care reform saves 
us $143 billion, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
  These GOP accounting gimmicks will not get our fiscal house in order, 
but instead will move us closer to the precipice. Before we know it, 
safety net programs for our most vulnerable populations--like Social 
Security, and Medicare--will be first on the chopping block. We saw 
their opening gambit last month when Republicans held the unemployed 
hostage to win bloated tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans, adding 
billions to the budget deficit.
  Now they are saying that when they give more tax cuts to the super 
rich, they don't have to pay for them. The gimmick should be called 
``cut-go, tax cut go-go-go.'' I voted against the tax cut package 
because it was irresponsible, and it was inequitable. These new budget 
loopholes will only accelerate the erosion of our social safety net. I 
thought that the Republicans wanted to balance the Federal budget. But 
this trick takes us in the opposite direction. I urge you to vote 
against these rule changes.

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