NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: “My colleague makes a very, very good point. It has been echoed by several economists and several columnists. Indeed…”

“My colleague makes a very, very good point. It has been echoed by several economists and several columnists. Indeed, Robert J. Samuelson in this town talks about the double counting. We have dealt so much for so long on so many topics, sadly, in an atmosphere of doublespeak from the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue. Indeed, my colleague from Colorado, perhaps unintentionally, was describing quite accurately the feeling of many Americans when he used the phrase ``get away with it'', an abdication of responsibility so breathtaking and shocking not only in terms of personal conduct but also in terms, Mr. Speaker, of the sacred trust which we assume as constitutional officers. Mr. Speaker, it is a wonder to see some who come to this chamber, as did our President for his State of the Union message, and stand at the podium behind me here. I took my own copious notes, and by my count the President proposed 80 new programs, 80 new programs, in the span of 77 minutes. And now, when our friends put a sharp pencil to paper and check the very real cost of those programs, to really pay for those programs we must have close to 80 new taxes or fee increases. And yet those who would tell us that they would guard the surplus, that they somehow are true guardians of the public trust, are engaged, in fact, in double count and doublespeak.”