[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 15979-15980]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          GOVERNMENT GONE WILD

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)

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  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the President has finally given us his 
balanced plan to allegedly avoid the fiscal cliff. He wants to raise 
taxes by $1.6 trillion. He wants another stimulus package of $50 
billion. He wants the authority to raise the debt ceiling without 
asking Congress for approval.
  Say it isn't so, Mr. Speaker.
  This tax hike will hurt small businesses, which provide 67 percent of 
the jobs in this country. That may fund the government for a short 
time. Then what's the plan? Stimulus 2.0. Because the first stimulus 
worked so well? That was a disaster as well. We have a $16 trillion 
deficit, and the President wants to spend more money. Are you kidding 
me? Spending is the problem. We don't need more of it. Lastly, he wants 
the power to raise the debt ceiling without congressional approval.
  The administration cannot unilaterally issue an edict like a 
monarchy. Congress, Congress, Congress is in charge of the purse. The 
government has gone wild.
  And that's just the way it is.

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