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Article: REP. HOYER ISSUES STATEMENT ON FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE DEMOCRATIC BUDGET RESOLUTION
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- March 29, 2007
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House Majority Leader Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Md., issued the following statement:
House Majority Leader Rep. Steny H. Hoyer (MD) spoke on the House Floor today in support of the Democratic Budget Resolution that begins to clean up the fiscal mess left behind by Republicans. Below are his remarks as prepared for delivery:
"Mr. Speaker, with all due respect to our Republican colleagues, let me say that to hear them talk about fiscal responsibility is nothing less than surreal.
"In this debate on the Fiscal 2008 Budget, many numbers have been used. But only two are really relevant on the issue of fiscal responsibility, and the Republican Party's lack thereof - $5.6 trillion and more than $3 ...