[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12591]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                THE MEDIA SHOULD HOLD OBAMA ACCOUNTABLE

  (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Madam Speaker, last week, the Obama 
administration increased its budget deficit projection to more than 
$1.8 trillion and then promptly blamed the deficit on former President 
Bush. Most of the national media have blindly accepted this false 
charge despite facts to the contrary. President Obama did not inherit 
the current budget which spends too much, taxes too much, and borrows 
too much. But he did vote for last year's budget as Senator. President 
Obama didn't inherit the $787 billion so-called ``stimulus package,'' 
he authored it. President Obama didn't inherit out-of-control 
government spending. He has presided over it.
  At some point the national media needs to hold the current 
administration accountable for its own spending and the ballooning 
deficit which will increase inflation and slow economic growth.

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