[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 24868]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      REPUBLICAN BUDGET PRIORITIES

  (Mr. DeFAZIO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. DeFAZIO. Well, we have the newfound foe, fiscal conservatives on 
that side of the aisle. They control everything, the House, the White 
House, the Senate. They have increased the debt of the United States 62 
percent in the last 5 years to $8 trillion, and now they want to cut 
spending.
  Now, what spending are they targeting? Is it the big wasteful 
spending? No. It is duplicative programs like school lunch and 
breakfast. I guess those kids are taking two meals. Or student loans. I 
guess those kids are taking a double load of classes and paying too 
much. So they will cut $50 billion, and the next week they are going to 
cut taxes for those who earn over $300,000 a year by $70 billion.
  Now, in their world, even though that is a $20 billion increase in 
the real deficit, they say, no, that is not an increase in the deficit, 
because those rich people, why, they are just going to trickle down on 
the rest of America. They are going to put the rest of us to work, and 
they are going to increase productivity, and some day that will 
increase Federal revenues because working people pay taxes, not rich 
people, in their world. This is a bizarre turn of events here in 
Washington, D.C., and their cuts and their tax cuts should be rejected.

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