[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12023]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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     RAISING THE DEBT LIMIT: THE HYPOCRISY COULD NOT BE MORE CLEAR

  (Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I ask the American people 
to listen closely to these words:
  ``The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt 
limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the U.S. 
Government cannot pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on 
ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our 
government's reckless fiscal policies.
  ``Increasing America's debt weakens us domestically and 
internationally. Leadership means that `the buck stops here.' Instead, 
Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs 
of our children and our grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a 
failure of leadership. Americans deserve better.''
  These were remarks by Senator Barack Obama, March 2006. Mr. Speaker, 
the President's hypocrisy could not be more clear.
  God bless America.

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