[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 23258]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       DEMOCRATS NEED A NEW PLAY

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I rise today as a fiscal conservative to set 
the record straight that Republicans are the party of fiscal 
discipline. Earlier this year, Republicans passed the budget that cut 
$100 billion from the deficit. What did Democrats do? They refused to 
vote for the budget, another act in their play of obstruction.
  Republicans have recommended 98 programs be terminated for a total 
savings of more than $4.3 billion. And under Republican leadership, 
domestic discretionary spending is currently on track to be below last 
year's levels. What have the Democrats done? Over the last 3 years they 
have attempted to bust the discretionary budget in the appropriations 
process by more than $60 billion. They hope to finance this by raising 
taxes on small businesses.
  So it is not surprising at a time when we must be watchful of 
taxpayer dollars the Democrats have turned to their playbook and called 
up one of their favorites, the old tax and spend.
  It is time for the Democrats to come up with a new play. In 1997, 51 
Democrats had the courage to help Republicans pass the last major 
entitlement reform bill. I hope they can find that courage again.

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