[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 127 (Wednesday, September 19, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H6074]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            FOUR STRAIGHT YEARS OF TRILLION DOLLARS DEFICITS

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, the President has burdened the Nation with 4 
straight years of trillion dollar deficits and has added more than $5 
trillion to our national defense. His failed policies have done nothing 
but make our economy worse. Now he wants to turn our debt crisis into a 
defense crisis. The President's own Secretary of Defense has said the 
looming half-trillion dollars in defense cuts would ``hollow out the 
force and inflict severe damage to our national defense.''
  So far the President has refused to offer any alternatives whatever. 
House Republicans remain committed to slashing spending and reducing 
the deficit but not by arbitrarily cutting funding that supports our 
troops and their families. That's why we passed specific, commonsense 
reforms to replace these dangerous cuts.
  It's time for the President to help us rescue our Nation's defenders 
from these imminent cuts before they take effect and our national 
security is further compromised.

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