[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 1447-1448]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        DEMOCRATS AND THE FACTS

  (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, the media just loves to give names to 
the different Congresses. I think that they should call this one the 
Hold-Onto-Your-Wallet Congress, because they are definitely coming to a 
wallet near you and it is going to be yours. During their first 100 
hours, which is seeming to never end, they are spending billions of 
dollars of the American taxpayers' money on, guess what, bigger 
government, right here in Washington. They

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are not sending that money back to the local communities. And today 
they are going to have their student loan bill up.
  Here are some facts. They would have you believe that we have slashed 
student loans and it is just not true.
  Here is a fact. In a shocking display of hypocrisy, Democrat leaders 
are paying for their $6 billion plus plan with some of the same lender 
subsidy cuts crafted by congressional Republicans in the 109th 
Congress.
  Here is another fact. House Republicans have committed a record $13 
billion for Pell Grants, a two-thirds increase over the past decade. Go 
look it up.
  Another fact. To the tune of more than $4 billion over 5 years, 
congressional Republicans established the first-ever grant program for 
high-achieving Pell students in their first and second years of 
college.
  It is a fact. Republicans have a solid record of helping students get 
and stay in school.

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