[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 17]
[House]
[Pages 23783-23784]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                 SLOGANS, NOT SOLUTIONS, FROM DEMOCRATS

  (Mr. PRICE of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Madam Speaker, we are at a financial 
crossroads. My Republican colleagues and I are committed to fiscal 
responsibility, while Democrats merely propose slogans and catch 
phrases to hide behind their tax-and-spend policies.
  Over the past 3 years, Democrats have offered amendments totaling 
tens of billions of dollars of additional spending and $392 billion in 
additional taxes. That is more taxes.
  A lot of these proposed spending increases were to be financed by 
raising taxes on small businesses, which means

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fewer jobs. Earlier this year not a single Democrat House Member 
supported the lean budget that passed Congress, not one.
  Before Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, our economy was surging, and 
deficits were shrinking. Fact: The budget deficit shrank last year from 
$412 billion to $319 billion, a decrease of nearly 25 percent. We had 
25 straight months of job growth, falling unemployment, and strong 
growth in the economy.
  Madam Speaker, Americans deserve and expect us to work together. I 
urge my Democrat colleagues to move from slogans to solutions. We would 
welcome their productive contributions. The American people are 
waiting.

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