[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 23786]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              GOVERNMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH POLICIES WORKING

  (Mr. HENSARLING asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Speaker, we are soon going to debate how we pay 
for the relief for the devastating hurricanes that hit our gulf coast. 
There are only three ways: Either, number one, we are going to raise 
taxes yet again on the American people; number two, we are going to 
pass debt on to our children; or, number three, we are going to 
moderate the growth of the Federal budget so that families do not have 
to moderate the growth of their budget.
  Now, you have heard the Democrats claim that somehow the Republicans 
want to cut, slash, and burn the Federal budget. Since I have been on 
the face of the planet, the Federal budget has grown seven times faster 
than the family budget. How much Federal Government do we need? And 
even if we offset all of this hurricane spending, what most people view 
as mandatory welfare spending will end up growing at 6.3 percent, 
instead of 6.4 percent.
  Compassion for the poor is not measured by the number of government 
checks you print. It is measured by the number of jobs you create. 
Under tax relief policies and economic growth policies of this 
administration and this Republican Congress, we have created over 4 
million new jobs so that families can go out and do their spending and 
create their American Dream.

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