[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25650]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              DEMOCRATS CONTINUE TO SING THE SAME OLD SONG

  (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 on behalf of the majority that is 
committed to fiscal responsibility. The Democrats' needle is stuck in a 
groove and it is playing the same song over and over: Tax and spend.
  Republicans have already passed a budget that cut $100 million from 
the deficit. Democrats refuse to vote for this budget. In fact, over 
the last 3 years Democrats have tried to bust the discretionary budget 
in the appropriations process by over $60 billion in additional 
spending. Along with the billions more in spending, Democrats also 
offered amendments totaling almost $400 billion in additional taxes.
  I guess it is hard to learn a new tune when the old one is playing 
over and over again in your head.
  Republicans have recommended the termination of 98 inefficient and 
duplicative programs which would bring American taxpayers a savings of 
more than $4.3 billion. Yet the Democrats continue to obstruct while 
singing the tax-and-spend tune. It is time to change the record.
  The American people have repeatedly rallied against more taxes and 
more spending. It is time we listen to their song.

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