Democrats Need a New Play

Floor Speech

Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I rise today as a fiscal conservative to set the record straight that Republicans are the party of fiscal discipline. Earlier this year, Republicans passed the budget that cut $100 billion from the deficit. What did Democrats do? They refused to vote for the budget, another act in their play of obstruction.

Republicans have recommended 98 programs be terminated for a total savings of more than $4.3 billion. And under Republican leadership, domestic discretionary spending is currently on track to be below last year's levels. What have the Democrats done? Over the last 3 years they have attempted to bust the discretionary budget in the appropriations process by more than $60 billion. They hope to finance this by raising taxes on small businesses.

So it is not surprising at a time when we must be watchful of taxpayer dollars the Democrats have turned to their playbook and called up one of their favorites, the old tax and spend.

It is time for the Democrats to come up with a new play. In 1997, 51 Democrats had the courage to help Republicans pass the last major entitlement reform bill. I hope they can find that courage again.

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