Floor Statements
Floor Statement on the Democrats Are Focused on the American People's Priorities
Washington, DC,
June 7, 2006
Mr. Speaker, while House Republicans plan to use the next couple of months trying to distract the attention of the American people away from their failures, House Democrats are focused on the American people's priorities.
While Washington Republicans have allowed our dependence on foreign oil to increase over the last 5 years, House Democrats are committed to achieving energy independence in the next 10 years. We would do this by doubling the percentage of renewable fuels sold in America in 6 years, increasing the percentage of flex-fuel vehicles that run on ethanol or gasoline, and investing in biofuel research. While Republicans attempt to run from their fiscal record of turning a $5.6 trillion surplus into a $4 trillion deficit, Democrats continue to propose fiscally sound budgets that incorporate the pay-as-you-go policies that led to the record surpluses of the 1990s. The Democratic budget for the upcoming year would have balanced the budget by 2012, something the Republicans neglect to do in theirs. Democrats have solutions to the problems Republicans ignore. If House Republicans were really interested in solving our Nation's problems, they would stop the attempts to distract and would instead offer some new ideas. |