[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 24749]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     NEED FOR BUDGET RECONCILIATION

  (Mr. McHENRY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McHENRY. Madam Speaker, I rise today to support our House 
Republican leadership and their pledge to control government spending 
through deficit reduction. We must restore fiscal discipline to the 
Federal Government, ensuring our children and grandchildren live in a 
society based on opportunity, not dependence on a bloated Federal 
bureaucracy swimming in greater debt.
  It comes as no surprise to hear Democrats cry: raise taxes; spend 
more. I feel like Bill Murray in ``Ground Hog Day,'' that great movie. 
Regardless of the day, regardless of the problem, Democrats have no new 
ideas, just crying: more taxes; more spending.
  Higher taxes are a problem, not a solution, and always lead to 
larger, more intrusive governments, and larger budgets. As elected 
officials, Madam Speaker, we must make prudent decisions to reduce the 
deficit. I urge my colleagues to support deficit reduction and work 
constructively to control government spending.

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