[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 22438]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  ``HOLD-ON-TO-YOUR-WALLET'' CONGRESS

  (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, I rise this morning to speak about the 
Ag approps bill that is going to come before us, and the culture of tax 
and spend that is just running unabated in this House.
  And why should we expect the Ag approps bill to be any different? 
Well, of course it is not any different. It is going to be more of the 
same; it is going to be more of the same tax and spend.
  And again we see a piece of legislation that is spending more than 
what the President requested, which many of us think was too much in 
the first place; 5.6 percent more than the President requested and 5.9 
percent more than last year. You know what, Mr. Speaker? There are a 
lot of Americans that would like to see a 5.9 percent increase in their 
paycheck.
  It is time for this House to get its fiscal house in order. It is 
time for the liberal left to stop spending the taxpayer's money. This 
is the ``Hold-On-To-Your-Wallet'' Congress. They're proving it every 
single day.

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