[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 17838]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          LARGE TAX INCREASES

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, politicians like to talk about cutting 
deficits. President Obama and his fellow Democrats seem to think tax 
increases are the only way to lower the deficit. Earlier this year, the 
President released a budget that called for $1.8 trillion in tax 
increases.
  In fact, since President Obama took office, Democrats have raised 
taxes by over $670 billion and have used nearly all of it to increase 
the size of government, not reduce the size of deficits. During the 
same 22 months, the Federal Government has spent $6.1 trillion.
  But now Democrats are about to hand the American taxpayers the 
largest tax increase in our Nation's history. And House Republicans are 
determined to stop it. Congress should permanently extend the tax 
relief for all taxpayers.
  Higher taxes are not the way to lower deficits. Washington must cut 
spending.

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