[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 4357]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            THE MAJORITY'S BUDGET IS FISCALLY IRRESPONSIBLE

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong opposition to the 
majority's proposed budget. Our country cannot afford this 
irresponsible budget. It fails to rein in spending and raises the taxes 
of millions of hardworking middle-class Americans by $683 billion over 
the next 5 years.
  Under this budget, North Carolina taxpayers will be hit with an 
average tax increase of $2,672. As working Americans face a slowing 
economy, the last thing they need is a job-killing tax hike.
  The majority budget also increases discretionary spending by $276 
billion over the next 5 years.
  The Federal Government should never spend one penny more of taxpayer 
money than it needs to. American taxpayers deserve the kind of fiscal 
accountability that prioritizes balancing the budget without raising 
taxes on the American people. But this budget is straight from the same 
old tax-and-spend school of budgeting that Americans simply can't 
afford.

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