[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17052]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            NEW OMB DIRECTOR

  (Mr. EMANUEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. EMANUEL. Madam Speaker, this week President Bush nominated former 
Congressman Jim Nussle to run the Office of Management and Budget.
  Just before Mr. Nussle and President Bush took charge of America's 
books, we had a $236 billion surplus, the largest in U.S. history 3 
years running. Under President Bush's watch and Jim Nussle's, in 5 
short years we had a $318 billion annual deficit and $300 trillion in 
new debt owed to the Chinese and other foreign countries.
  We have heard a lot from this President and the GOP Members about the 
importance of fiscal responsibility. We Democrats couldn't agree more. 
Unfortunately, when it comes to George Bush and the Republican 
Congress, we will forever be in their debt.
  Mr. Nussle once said, can we continue to fund our war efforts on this 
type of ad hoc basis? I believe most of us would agree that we cannot 
and should not. We continue to give President Bush a blank check 
costing us nearly $1 trillion on credit card funding for this war.
  Mr. Nussle and President Bush came to change Washington, and 
Washington changed them. Nominating Mr. Nussle tells Americans a lot of 
what they can expect from a Republican administration.

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