[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 12913]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   WASHINGTON REPUBLICANS CAN'T IGNORE FACT THAT THEY CREATED RECORD-
                            SETTING DEFICITS

  (Mr. CLEAVER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CLEAVER. Mr. Speaker, I am a Democrat, and I am glad about it. 
The reason for this joy is over the fact that the party to which I 
belong is pushing back against this Republican-led Congress and their 
out-of-control spending. Let us take a look at the facts. President 
Bush and congressional Republicans have turned a $5.6 trillion surplus 
into a $4 trillion deficit, a change of $9 trillion.
  This is the most fiscally irresponsible American administration. We 
owe China almost $150 billion. My hope is that we never have to go to 
war with them because I don't believe they are going to finance it.
  Secondly, it is absolutely unacceptable that the United States is 
borrowing almost all the money they are using to fight in Iraq and 
Afghanistan.

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