[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3654]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           SUPPORT THE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE REPUBLICAN BUDGET

  (Mr. DAVID DAVIS of Tennessee asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DAVID DAVIS of Tennessee. With gas prices soaring to all-time 
high records, families in east Tennessee and all across America are 
struggling to make their ends meet. The Democratic budget resolution 
fails to meet the test of fiscal responsibility miserably. Instead of 
exercising fiscal restraint and lowering taxes, the Democrat budget 
raises taxes by over $683 billion over the course of 5 years. You heard 
me correctly, $683 billion over the next 5 years. This is the largest 
tax increase in American history, and it blows away the previous tax 
increase record in 1993 by $443 billion. Families in east Tennessee 
will be forced to pay over $2,611 in new taxes because of the Democrat 
budget.
  I am supporting the Republican budget which addresses the bloated 
government in Washington, lowers taxes on struggling citizens and 
families, addresses the unfunded liabilities of Social Security and 
Medicare, and reins in the out-of-control spending here in Washington.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in supporting the fiscally responsible 
Republican budget.

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