[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 22416]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    REDUCING CONGRESSIONAL SPENDING

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, the publications on Capitol Hill today 
have been filled with information about a topic: How do we go about 
reducing spending. What a nice deliberation for us to have in this 
body. How would we choose to reduce spending: across-the-board cuts or 
looking at specific programs.
  Last week I came to the floor and I talked about three bills I had 
introduced. Each of these bills would call for across-the-board cuts, 
whether 1, 2, or 5 percent reductions. I want to thank the Speaker and 
the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Blunt) for listening to the proposal. 
I want to thank the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Cantor) for signing, 
and the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. Nussle) for his leadership as we work 
to find a way to fund the Hurricane Katrina disaster and as we look at 
a way to prioritize spending and address fiscal responsibility in this 
body.

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