[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 1047]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            2006 WILL BUILD ON LEGISLATIVE SUCCESSES OF 2005

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, in the past several weeks we have all 
been back at home spending time in our districts talking with 
constituents, and I cannot even begin to tell you how energizing that 
has been. We have talked about tax policy. We have talked about the war 
or terrorism. We have talked about the ways we can reduce government 
spending. There are a lot of great ideas out there. And we have 
discussed the border security issue.
  Last year, we enacted several spending cuts. Great work for us. Our 
men and women in uniform eliminated key al Qaeda figures, and we 
eliminated or cut some duplicative and wasteful government programs. We 
have a lot more to do. And we also passed legislation to work on our 
illegal immigration problem.
  Mr. Speaker, this is going to be a great year. We are going to build 
on the successes of 2005, and we are going to act on the issues that 
matter to our constituents. Let's get to work.

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