[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16220]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                DIFFERENT PRIORITIES ON FEDERAL SPENDING

  (Mr. ALTMIRE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. ALTMIRE. Mr. Speaker, President Bush said this week that there 
are important differences between Republicans and Democrats when it 
comes to spending, and he's right, because for 6 years, President Bush 
joined with Republicans that led this Congress on the most fiscally 
irresponsible budget policies in the history of the Nation. They turned 
the record surpluses of the 1990s into the record deficits we face 
today, and while they ran up those record deficits, inconceivably they 
cut medical research. They cut Head Start, they cut clean water 
programs, and they cut health care for our Nation's veterans.
  Mr. Speaker, the Democratic budget balances the budget within 5 
years, and our appropriations bills comply with pay-as-you-go scoring. 
We passed Homeland Security and Military Construction and Veterans 
appropriations bills last week, and this week we'll pass an Energy and 
Water bill that includes renewable fuel and reduces our dependence on 
foreign oil.
  So you see, Mr. Speaker, the President's right; we do have different 
priorities on Federal spending.

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