[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13097]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  OPEN SEASON ON THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER

  (Mr. PRICE of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, the Democrat budget being brought 
to the floor today is not about leadership, it's about passing the 
buck, billions of them, onto our children.
  This Democrat budget will raise taxes by more than $200 billion over 
the next 5 years. And if these massive tax hikes don't bring in the 
revenue they want to keep expanding government, they will trigger more 
tax increases so they can pay for future spending. This is not 
leadership.
  Despite the repeated warnings of every expert, this does nothing to 
deal with our Social Security and Medicare crisis. This is not 
leadership.
  Tax-and-spend season is alive and well here in the House of 
Representatives.
  Now, we can eliminate the deficit without raising taxes, but it will 
take setting priorities, making tough decisions to rein in our colossal 
government spending and working together. That's leadership.
  This budget is forcing the American people to pay for a lack of 
leadership, and that's wrong. And the American people are watching.

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