I am against saddling the hard-pressed taxpayer with this heavy burden while the Federal Government continues to spend and spend and spend. It is not right to take extra money away from the people and then pump it into questionable programs which can be trimmed.
Explaining a vote against extending the income tax surtax.
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In closing, may I say that the President's request includes $658 million for construction of the U.S. Embassy in Iraq.
I hope that wherever you can share your views, you will, because it's pretty easy in history to see this.
Doesn't this send a signal to the Iraqi people and to the American people that the United States intends to have a large permanent presence there?
I will also ensure that the OIG pursues aggressive oversight of contracting issues.
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