[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9251]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                           VOTE ON EURO-TARP

  (Mrs. McMORRIS RODGERS asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. McMORRIS RODGERS. Mr. Speaker, older Americans care most about 
their children and grandchildren, and this Congress is mortgaging their 
children and grandchildren's future. All across this country, families 
are struggling to balance their budgets. Businesses are doing likewise, 
and it means laying people off, tightening their belts in order to 
balance budgets. And instead, what is this Congress doing? Continuing 
to borrow and spend beyond our means.
  Americans are also suffering from bailout fatigue. When you think 
about the last 2 years, we've bailed out Wall Street, GM, Chrysler, 
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac; and now the Obama administration is proposing 
$8 billion for Greece and over $50 billion for the European Union, 
which has been borrowing and spending beyond its means. And yet, 
America is following in these same footsteps.
  Mr. Speaker, we need a budget. And just last week, my friend 
Congressman Pence and I introduced a resolution asking for this 
Congress to take a stand in opposition to U.S. tax dollars being used 
for the bailout. We cannot afford a too-big-to-fail strategy on a 
global level. The only thing too big to fail is America itself. We owe 
it to the American people to have this vote.

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