[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3539]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              PRESIDENT'S BUDGET IS FISCALLY IRRESPONSIBLE

  (Mr. ALTMIRE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. ALTMIRE. Mr. Speaker, the 2002 budget the President submitted 
this week is more of the same, the same fiscal irresponsibility and 
misplaced priorities that we have come to expect from this 
administration's budgets over the past 6 years. This budget fails to 
put our fiscal house in order and instead adds $3 trillion to the 
national debt over the next 10 years.
  And while the President claims his budget achieves balance, he simply 
leaves out significant long-term costs. Well, American families can't 
leave out simple bills within their household budgets, and neither 
should the President be able to do so within his budget.
  Mr. Speaker, Democrats will move us towards a balanced budget through 
fiscal responsibility and accountability, not accounting gimmicks.

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