[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 6]
[House]
[Pages 8127-8128]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      DEMOCRAT LEADERSHIP PUSHING MICHIGAN IN THE WRONG DIRECTION

  (Mrs. MILLER of Michigan asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. Madam Speaker, my home State of Michigan is 
currently experiencing really hard economic times. We have the highest 
unemployment in the Nation. We have the lowest personal income growth 
in the Nation, dropping home values, tightening family budgets.

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  Government overspending, combined with declining revenue from the 
soft job market, has forced my State into a fiscal crisis, and our 
Democrat Governor thinks that the way to solve the problem is by 
raising taxes and increasing government spending.
  Here in Washington, we also have a spending problem and a deficit 
that is too large. So what do the Democrats offer? The largest tax 
increase in American history, almost $400 billion, and massive new 
government spending.
  The Democrats are also pushing arbitrary and draconian fuel economy 
standards that could decimate our domestic auto industry and cost even 
more Michigan jobs.
  Madam Speaker, the people of Michigan just cannot take it anymore. 
They do not need bigger government. They need bigger paychecks, and I 
ask the Democrat leaders to take pity on the citizens of Michigan. 
Please just give Michigan a break.

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