[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 23078]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          SPENDING REDUCTIONS

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, if House liberals had their way, last 
year we would have spent $7.4 billion more on social programs, and here 
we are in the middle of a war on terrorism. We are facing new expenses 
with that war. We are working to rebuild after hurricanes Katrina and 
Rita, and the Democrats are saying, spend more, spend more.
  Madam Speaker, the American people need to know what that means. When 
they say spend more, it means the American people are going to turn 
over more of their hard-earned money. Republicans in this House, from 
our newest Members to our leadership, are talking about how to reduce 
spending. Democrats are either staying quiet and hoping to avoid this 
subject or simply ignoring the bottom line and calling for increases in 
their pet projects. Their leadership consistently fails to do anything 
but complain and is not endorsing spending reductions.
  Enough is enough. If the liberals in this body had their way, right 
now we would be spending $60 billion more.

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