[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 15720]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    INCREASED SPENDING FOR CONGRESS

  (Mr. JORDAN of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. JORDAN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, last night the Democrat-controlled 
Congress decided to prohibit any amendment that would have reduced 
spending for today's legislation that funds Congress.
  That's right. At a time when the American taxpayer, the American 
families, American small business owners are tightening their belts, 
the Democrat-controlled Congress would not allow any reduction in what 
it spends on itself.
  This is an outrage. Families are tightening their belts; small 
business owners are tightening their belts; American taxpayers are 
tightening their belts. And this Congress wouldn't even allow an 
amendment to be made in order which would say, let's live on what we 
lived on last year. Let's not increase spending for the Congress of the 
United States.
  Mr. Speaker, this is an outrage, and should not be tolerated.

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