[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26626]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     OPEN AND TRANSPARENT SPENDING

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, the American people 
deserve better from their government when it comes to the way it spends 
their hard-earned taxpayer dollars. As Jerry Bellune of the Lexington 
County Chronicle would say, ``It's the people's money, not the 
government's money given to the people.''
  It seems that this Democrat majority which rode to power on a wave of 
promises about open and transparent Congress has decided these 
principles do not apply when it comes to all earmarks. So I ask my 
colleagues on the other side of the aisle, if identifying who is 
sponsoring an earmark is okay on spending bills, why is it not okay on 
all legislation?
  The American people deserve more transparency from their government, 
not multi-million dollar spending packages slipped silently into 
legislation under a bureaucratic cover.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September the 11th. Thank goodness for Rush Limbaugh, who supports our 
troops.

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