[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9203]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 BALANCE BUDGET BY CONTROLLING SPENDING

  (Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, the battle of ideas is alive and 
well here in the House of Representatives where we have two different 
parties with two different philosophies; and nowhere is that more clear 
than in the budget debate that is occurring today.
  In the budget that passed the House before the Easter recess, the 
majority passed the largest tax increase in American history. I just 
held 34 town hall meetings in my First Congressional District of 
Wisconsin, and my constituents are telling me they don't want to see 
the per-child tax credit get cut in half. They don't want to see the 
marriage penalty come back. They don't want to see income tax rates 
raised across the board. They don't want to see the death tax come back 
in full force.
  The tax cuts that passed in 2001 and 2003 created 7.6 million new 
jobs. We don't need tax increases; but, unfortunately, the budget that 
the majority passed here does just that. It gets rid of all of that tax 
relief that created all of these jobs, and it gives the American people 
the largest tax increase in American history. I think it is wrong.
  We on this side of the aisle, the minority, we believe in a different 
path: Balance the budget by controlling spending and keep taxes low. 
That's the way to go, Mr. Speaker.

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