No one likes to pay taxes, but to assert that America can keep on borrowing and borrowing and borrowing and spending our way into debt and that all will be well is a fundamental dishonesty. A great nation must be willing to pay some price if it wants to remain a great nation.
Defending the congressional budget against the President's criticism.
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Our service men and women, now more than ever, are depending on your leadership to put the military medical system on a new track.
Promoting efficiency and preventing fraud in defense acquisitions will obviously be a high priority.
In closing, may I say that the President's request includes $658 million for construction of the U.S. Embassy in Iraq.
Why should Congress not have some limitations on this? It is the taxpayers' money.
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