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What this amendment proposes to do is to leave the budget for the Office of Secretary and Executive Management equal to what it was in the prior fiscal year. That is not a cut. If you have $10 and I give you $10, I take away $10, give you…
Later today we will have a budget on this floor proposed by the Democratic majority which is guaranteed to raise taxes by about $200 billion. Now, that budget will also increase spending by about $200 billion over and above the budget that…
Just a short clarification, that this amendment does not propose a cut in the funding, it proposes to very slightly reduce the rate of growth from what was proposed. That is my only clarification.
We are qualified by virtue of the fact that we have been elected by people in our districts to be stewards of their money. As I said, this is not a question of whether or not these things have academic merit within a field of academics. It…
The point is do we want to spend taxpayer funds on this? The United States taxpayer cannot fund every bit of academic research for every university, for everything that every professor wants to do across this country. We can't do that. The…
You said it is only half democracy. Well, what we have before us is zero democracy. This amendment is at least half democracy. Maybe it is not full democracy, as you say, but it is better than none. That is what this amendment is. I would…
Mr. Chairman, this bill is a statement, it is not a solution. It deals with one thing which is annoying and can be bad, but is not a major, it is not that major an issue relative to all the other things that can deal with corporate…
You will see that amendment again this evening that gives shareholders rights through the board, not just on executive compensation, if they are unhappy with the management for any reason, to work through the board and change the board…
They should tell the American people which one they are going to do, because they either are increasing taxes or not balancing the budget. They mathematically cannot do both. Mr. Chairman, the budget, the way it is written, is, absolutely…
It is a matter of it is your money. When you earn it, when people earn the money, it is their money. It is not the government's money. It is their money and the government takes some of it for necessary operation to run government. But it…
I was going to say, one thing that you can do here in Washington is print money. The average family can't. If the Democrats were to pass this budget and give them that $4,000 or $3,800 tax increase in New Jersey, your citizens in New…
Tonight, we are going to show you why, why that is not the budget that should pass, why that is not the budget that should govern the United States taxpayers' money over the next year. This budget that we will see later this week proposed…
I don't think it is a very good deal at all. What are they going to get for that? I think that is part of the question here. What exactly are they going to get for that? Are they going to get some of the spending like we just saw passed in…
Wow, what a shock. The other side says they are tax cuts for the rich, and they are not, unless making under $50,000 makes you rich.
As you say, one of the great differences between us and them, we talked about it being your money, their money, the People's money, the taxpayers' money. Your money, watching on television, they talk about it like it is their money, like…
The 12-month budget deficit, the last 12 months, is $188 billion. Remember, some time ago, we were talking about nearly half a trillion dollars. That $188 billion is down 38 percent as a rolling 12-month budget deficit from what it was a…
Two plus two does not equal six, but if I were to assume that it did, I could take care of the budget. Easy. PAYGO assumes that when you increase taxes, revenue goes up, and when you lower tax rates, revenue goes down. But history shows…
Thank you all. Thank you, Congressman Dreier. I wish, Mr. Speaker, to thank my family first for their support and their coming here today. I wish to thank the people of Orange County for the confidence that they have placed in me to have…
I think they're trying to build a fantasy conspiracy out of bits and pieces, and basically trying to ignore what was really the proof in the case.
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