[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 12023-12024]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         WE NEED TO COMPROMISE

  (Mr. BACA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BACA. Mr. Speaker, 2 years ago, the Republicans in Congress 
campaigned on, Where are the jobs? Not spending cuts or living within 
our means, but where are the jobs. The Blue Dogs were the ones calling 
for responsible fiscal responsibility.
  Then at the end of Congress last year, President Obama compromised 
with the Republicans, extended the Bush tax cuts in order to try to 
create jobs. This gamble did not create jobs. All it's done is extended 
the tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires.
  We cannot play chicken and cause our Nation to default. We must lower 
the deficit with cuts to wasteful spending. But we can't balance the 
budget on the backs of seniors, the poor, by cutting Social Security 
and Medicare while continuing to give tax breaks to the ultra-rich and 
oil companies and those who make over $250,000 a year.
  No taxes, no jobs. We must compromise. It can't be ``my way or the 
highway.''

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