House Proceeding 03-31-09 on Mar 31st, 2009 :: 5:32:40 to 5:36:50
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Duncan Hunter: bob? or washington, d.c.? the federal government? it's bob. d that have challenges with. i'd like to yield some time to the gentleman from california, my friend, duncan hunter. mr. hunter: i thank the gentleman. as freshmen, we can honestly say that we didn't do this, we're not responsible for

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Speech By: Duncan Hunter

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Duncan Hunter: what's going on right now, but we are trying to fix it. . we came into this congress in january with president obama. and i believe what he said when talked about making tough

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Duncan Hunter: choices, when he talked about not spending so much. when he talked about tax cuts for the middle class, w talked about our foreign debt and the money that we owe china and money that we owe the rest of the world, i believed him along with the majority of the american people.

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Duncan Hunter: it turns out that those tax cuts and that spending reduction and that reduction in debt and that reduction in borrowing were simply campaign talking points, because they don't exist in the administration's budget as it sits now. i would like to know where those tough choices are.

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Duncan Hunter: where are those cuts? where is bob's tax cut? first how are we going to pay for all of that spending. how are we going to pay for it? at my colleague from ohio mentioned, we're going to raise taxes on people who use electricity. i have news for the administration.

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Duncan Hunter: that's everybody. everybody uses electricity. we are going to put $646 billion tax on americans, who use electricity, for every small business that uses electricity that has carbon emissions. this cap and trade tax is going to kill american business. we're going to raise taxes on small businesses. we're going to raise taxes on

5:34:46 to 5:35:06( Edit History Discussion )

Duncan Hunter: the middle class. bob's tax cut isn't there. we talk about energy right now. i would encourage my colleagues to be extremely skeptical over any talking points that talk about energy in this country and becoming self-sufficient on energy, when it doesn't mention nuclear.

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Duncan Hunter: if you don't mention nuclear, then it is not a real alternative to using oil that we get from foreign countries, especially when we're going to tax the american people for using electricity. it's hard to trust the administration when they talk about fixing the economy, but they want to tax small businesses and the middle class.

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Duncan Hunter: and we maintain record trade deficits with other countries around the world. we're not talking about trade or talking about fixing our trade relations with china so that american companies and american manufacturing firms are punished right now for making american goods and trying to ship them overseas. they are being punished, but

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Duncan Hunter: we're going to tax them more. when we talk about national security, the administration wants us to think that they are going to be good on national security, while at the same time cutting defense. where are these hard choices? right now, every man, woman and child in this country owes

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Duncan Hunter: $35,000 in debt that you show on that chart. with the president's plan, that's going to increas $70,000 in eight years. every man, woman and child is going to owe $70,000. i have three children, too. each one is going to o $70,000 in eight years if if the

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Duncan Hunter: administration's budget goes through. i would like to say to my colleagues and to the president, we don't need my more stimulus, we don't need any more tarp, no energy tax, no tax raise on the middle class. the president is spending,