[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1946]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             BIPARTISAN OPPOSITION TO THE STIMULUS PACKAGE

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I want to be the first to say how much I 
appreciate the bipartisan results of this last vote on a bill which had 
been called a ``stimulus package.'' Many of us understood this was not 
going to help our economy because there was too much government 
spending, not enough tax cuts and too much money that was going to be 
put in a budget that was going to last forever and ever.
  I am so proud of the fact that we had bipartisan opposition to this 
legislation instead of bipartisan support for it. It was very important 
that we let the American people understand that some of us do have 
principles and we stand on those principles. This was not a political 
vote. It was a philosophical vote. That is what the President said he 
would respect, and I take him at his word.
  We voted ``no'' because of philosophical differences. We believe that 
we should return more money to the American people and not put more 
money in government coffers and not mortgage our children, our 
grandchildren and great grandchildren. My granddaughter Rana asked me 
recently, why do you want to put little children in debt? And I said 
that I don't want to do that. The less we put them in debt the better 
off this country will be.

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