[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6717]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AMERICANS WANT A BALANCED BUDGET

  (Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina. Madam Speaker, this week the Budget 
Committee will mark up the budget for fiscal year 2008. The American 
people want a balanced budget that lowers spending, reforms 
unsustainable entitlement programs, and encourages economic growth 
without raising taxes.
  My constituents are tired of the out-of-control spending that they 
see at the Federal level. That is why I stood with my colleagues in the 
fiscally responsible Republican Study Committee last week and announced 
the Taxpayer Bill of Rights. We believe that the taxpayers have a right 
to a Federal Government that does not grow beyond their ability to pay 
for it. They have the right to receive back each dollar that they 
entrust to the government for their retirement; a right to a simple, 
fair Tax Code they can understand; and they have a right to expect that 
the government balance its budget without having to raise taxes.
  Madam Speaker, I look forward to working in a bipartisan way with my 
colleagues on the Budget Committee to ensure that the rights of the 
taxpayer are not ignored.

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