What Does Renewing America's Promise Mean?

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WHAT DOES RENEWING AMERICA'S PROMISE MEAN? -- (House of Representatives - April 01, 2009)

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

Mr. FLEMING. Madam Speaker, for the past few months we've heard our liberal colleagues repeatedly talk about renewing America's promise. Is it America's promise to place an insurmountable debt burden on our future generations?

This Congress just passed the largest series of spending bills in American history, and now this administration has unveiled a $3.6 trillion Federal spending plan. The U.S. is facing its largest deficit in history; yet we have placed a mortgage on America's future, and it's up to our children and grandchildren to make the monthly payments.

This budget doubles our debt in 5 years and triples it in 10 years.

My liberal colleagues have fostered in a new era where you can become the head of the IRS without paying your taxes, where pork-laden appropriations bills are done behind closed doors, and massive spending bills are designed in secrecy.

Writing blank checks from an empty bank account appears to be our real promise to America. Promoting a new era of irresponsibility has become this Congress' real agenda.

I will not vote for this budget, as it spends too much, taxes too much, and borrows too much.

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