[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 17]
[House]
[Pages 23256-23257]
[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. Mr. Speaker, if House liberals had their way, last 
year we would have spent billions more. I want every taxpayer across 
America to know that it is this Republican leadership and Republican 
majority that is talking about spending cuts, spending less, not the 
Democrats. It is this Republican majority that is talking about 
continued tax relief for hardworking American families, not the 
Democrats.
  You are going to hear the Democrats say, well, those Republicans, 
they didn't invite us to come participate in talking about spending 
cuts, to talk about reducing Federal spending. Mr. Speaker, I hope they 
will consider this the invitation: Come join us. We would love to have 
all your input and ideas.
  So from this point on, they can stop talking about how we need to 
spend more and help us find ways to be better stewards and spend less. 
Let us be frank. The Democrat solution, raising taxes, is not a 
solution. This government does not have a revenue problem. This 
government has a spending problem. Mr. Speaker, we invite them to join 
us.

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