[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16474]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         START ADDRESSING THE PRIORITIES OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

  (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, during the first months of this new Congress, 
Democrats have passed resolutions congratulating sports teams and 
renaming post offices, along with the largest tax increase in American 
history. But they've done nothing to lower the tax burden on 
hardworking American families, enact legislation to address 
skyrocketing gasoline prices, or enact legislation to secure our 
borders.
  I know what my district needs. Families in my district want a lower 
tax bill. They want us to spend their tax dollars sparingly and wisely. 
My constituents want to pay less for gas at the pump. They want to know 
our borders are secure, and that our ports and airports are safe from 
terrorists.
  It's time for this Congress to start addressing the priorities of the 
American public. It's time we stopped passing resolutions 
congratulating sports teams and started enacting legislation into law.
  I urge my Democrat colleagues not to continue to languish as a do-
nothing Congress, but to let us start enacting some of the legislative 
priorities of our constituents into law.

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