[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 2946]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               INTRODUCING CONTRACT WITH AMERICA RENEWED

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Madam Speaker, with record deficits and a national debt at 
nearly $8 trillion, it is time to level with the American people: we 
are not living within our means here in Washington, D.C.
  Today, House conservatives will unveil our budget proposal for 2007. 
We are calling it Contract With America Renewed. Contract With America 
Renewed is a balanced Federal budget based on the budget passed by the 
House of Representatives in 1995 and was part of the Contract With 
America.
  Now, while not every Member of the Republican Study Committee 
endorses every proposal in this budget, House conservatives believe 
that this Republican Congress should return to our 1994 roots of fiscal 
discipline and reform.
  By enacting the Contract With America Renewed, we will balance the 
Federal budget, cut wasteful government spending, end outdated 
programs, while we protect Social Security and the President's tax cuts 
and provide for the national defense. We will do all of this while we 
actually reform entitlements to meet those obligations for future 
generations.
  The American people know that unbridled government spending threatens 
our future and our freedom. They long for leaders who tell it like it 
is and are honest about the choices we face. The men and women of the 
Republican Study Committee who will unveil the Contract With America 
Renewed today are such leaders and these are such choices.

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