[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13390]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    MAJORITY REJECTS SPENDING FREEZE

  (Mr. REHBERG asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. REHBERG. In the last month alone, I've hosted 11 listening 
sessions around Montana, promising to bring their message back to 
Washington with me. The message is Montanans are fed up with the 
reckless spending that every man, woman, and child is on the hook for 
more than $40,000 in Federal debt.
  I heard them, which is why I joined the House Republicans in their 
earmark moratorium, but not everyone is listening. In three 
appropriations subcommittee meetings, I have offered amendments to 
freeze spending at fiscal year 2010 levels. My amendments would have 
saved the taxpayers more than $18 billion.
  But each time, they were rejected on a party-line vote. See, the 
President has even promised a spending freeze next year. So this year 
they're increasing spending to compensate. It's a sneaky shell game 
that only ensures that the taxpayers lose.
  But Montanans told me loud and clear they want spending reform, and 
that's what I'm going to do, and I'm going to keep fighting for it 
every day I'm here.

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