[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 492]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        PAYGO AND EARMARK REFORM

  (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 to discuss fiscal responsibility 
and earmark reform. I have spent my entire political career fighting to 
reduce wasteful spending so Americans can keep more of their hard-
earned money.
  In the 109th Congress, I voted for H. Res. 1000 which provided for 
earmark reform by requiring full disclosure of earmarks on funding, 
authorization and revenue legislation so Members and the public will be 
able to easily identify projects which otherwise may be inappropriately 
hidden from adequate scrutiny in a timely manner.
  Earmark reform is important to providing accountability of government 
spending. It is truly disappointing and a shame that the Democrat 
leadership coupled it with the fiscally irresponsible policy of PAYGO, 
which forced many of us to vote ``no.'' PAYGO is based on tenuous 
economic projections, is unreliable and, simply put, will make it 
easier to raise taxes and more difficult to give taxpayers back their 
money.
  I voted for the Republican motion to commit which included the 
earmark reform and excluded PAYGO. Unfortunately, the Republican motion 
did not succeed, and we now face fiscal policies where government can 
spend more and continually raise taxes on the American taxpayer.

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