[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18327]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET RECORD

  (Mr. BLUMENAUER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, there is a certain humor in the Bush 
attacks on Senator Kerry's budget plans. The Bush administration, after 
all, has the most reckless fiscal management in our Nation's history. 
It has produced the largest deficit, after turning the largest budget 
surplus that they inherited into a sea of red ink.
  His prescription drug Medicare program hid the true cost even from 
Republicans in Congress. His proposal to privatize Social Security, all 
independent observers indicate, will cost at least $2 trillion.
  While he wastes money on missile defense, he is shortchanging 
homeland security, all the while proposing more tax cuts for people who 
do not need them while ignoring the needs of those who do. No wonder he 
wants to talk about John Kerry's fiscal proposals. His record is 
indefensible.

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