[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2623]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  CONTINUING RESOLUTION COMES TO FLOOR

  (Mr. KIRK asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KIRK. Madam Speaker, tomorrow this House will take up a massive 
spending bill that will remove over $400 billion from our Treasury. 
This huge 150-page ``CRomnibus'' spending bill has not been read by 
most Democrats or Republicans.
  We are told that despite the end of the 100 hours, this large bill 
cannot be amended. We have had no hearings on this bill. There is no 
report to accompany the legislation detailing hundreds of billions in 
spending, and we will not be allowed to offer improvements like taking 
the savings in canceling Federal earmarks and making sure the deficit 
is reduced.
  In large part, Members of this House may be later embarrassed when 
enterprising reporters who have the time to read this legislation find 
out what we have actually done without review or consideration. This 
bill is not pay-as-you-go. Given the Democratic retreat coming up, it 
is more like pay-and-then-play.

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