Spending Reductions

SPENDING REDUCTIONS -- (House of Representatives - October 20, 2005)

(Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)

Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, if House liberals had their way, last year we would have spent billions more. I want every taxpayer across America to know that it is this Republican leadership and Republican majority that is talking about spending cuts, spending less, not the Democrats. It is this Republican majority that is talking about continued tax relief for hardworking American families, not the Democrats.

You are going to hear the Democrats say, well, those Republicans, they didn't invite us to come participate in talking about spending cuts, to talk about reducing Federal spending. Mr. Speaker, I hope they will consider this the invitation: Come join us. We would love to have all your input and ideas.

So from this point on, they can stop talking about how we need to spend more and help us find ways to be better stewards and spend less. Let us be frank. The Democrat solution, raising taxes, is not a solution. This government does not have a revenue problem. This government has a spending problem. Mr. Speaker, we invite them to join us.

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