House Proceeding 04-02-09 on Apr 2nd, 2009 :: 0:41:40 to 0:43:15
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Jeff Flake: they need at must not forget it and we must not remain in denial. i thank you very much, and i'll file my printed statement. the chair: the gentlewoman's time has expired. the gentleman from florida. mr. diaz-balart: thank you madam chair. i'd li to yield a minute and a half to the gentman from arizona, mr. flake. the chair: the gentleman from

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Speech By: Jeff Flake

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Jeff Flake: arizona is recognized for a minute and a half. mr. flake: i thank the gentleman for yielding. when you look at the democrats' budget, the numbers are just staggering. 2010 spending, $3 trillion. 25% of g.d.p. 1.2 trillion dollar tax increase over the next 10 years. $1 trillion spending increase over five years. nondefense discretionary

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Jeff Flake: spending increases 12%. the national debt increases $5.1 trillion. doubling over five years. 2010 deficit will be $1.2 trillion. how can you look at these numbers and conclude anything other than we simply can't sustain this level of debt, we

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Jeff Flake: can't grow an economy when we're dragging this level of debt. it simply defies the laws of economics. we can't do that. now, some in defense of the democratic budget will say we inherited this fiscal mess that we're in. i'll stipulate to that. weidn't do a very good job when we were in the majority

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Jeff Flake: controlling spending. but you don't put your foot on the accelerator when you're headed toward a fiscal cliff. and that's what this budget does. it simply gets us there a lot faster, and we simply can't do that.