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On the recordMarch 27, 2007
Time after time our Democrat colleagues have come to this floor over the past few months and said the American people voted for change on November 7. It was all about change. Well, if this Democratic budget passes and if our taxes go up, and they most certainly will, then that is about all the American people are going to have left after these tax increases go up, is a little change. Is that really the message you were sending on November 7 of last year? This Democratic tax increase and this Democratic budget is nothing about the children. Unfortunately, it's about the government.
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Jo Bonner
Alabama

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Addressing concerns over a proposed Democratic budget and its implications for American taxpayers.

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