{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2004-12-07-pt1-PgE2180-3", "2004-12-07", 108, 2, "150", null, "INCREASING THE PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "ALLOTHER", "E2180", "E2180", "[{\"name\": \"Betty McCollum\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", "[{\"congress\": \"108\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"2986\"}]", "150 Cong. Rec. E2180", "Congressional Record, Volume 150 Issue 138 (Tuesday, December 7, 2004)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 138 (Tuesday, December 7, 2004)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2180]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n                    INCREASING THE PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT\n\n                                 ______\n\n                               speech of\n\n                          HON. BETTY McCOLLUM\n\n                              of minnesota\n\n                    in the house of representatives\n\n                      Thursday, November 18, 2004\n\n  Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong opposition to S.\n2986, legislation to raise the debt limit by a total of $800 billion,\nto $8.18 trillion. This marks the third time in three years that\nCongress has been forced to vote to raise the debt limit and burden our\nchildren and grandchildren for decades to come, raising the debt limit\nby a total of $2.2 trillion since 2001.\n  It is completely irresponsible to be voting to raise the debt limit\ntoday without taking additional measures to put our fiscal policy back\non track and institute the common sense pay-as-you-go rules which were\nin effect from 1990 through 2002 requiring that both tax cuts and\nspending increases be paid for.\n  Five tax cuts in four years, soaring defense spending on the war in\nIraq, in addition to our stifled economy have turned the record\nsurpluses inherited by President Bush into a record deficit of $413\nbillion in the past fiscal year.\n  Unfortunately, we are not considering a reform of our current fiscal\npolicies today, allowing our national debt to continue to rise. As a\nresult, the amount of interest on the national debt--the ``debt tax''--\nthat each American family will have to pay will climb to $9,400 by\n2014. America's growing debt will ensure that our taxes will go toward\npaying interest on our debt instead of keeping our nation safe and\nstrong, strengthening Social Security, or improving education for our\nchildren.\n  I will not vote to raise the debt limit by $800 billion today, and\nwill only support an increase of the debt limit along with the\nreinstituted common sense fiscal policy reforms.\n\n                          ____________________"]], "columns": ["granule_id", "date", "congress", "session", "volume", "issue", "title", "chamber", "granule_class", "sub_granule_class", "page_start", "page_end", "speakers", "bills", "citation", "full_text"], "primary_keys": ["granule_id"], "primary_key_values": ["CREC-2004-12-07-pt1-PgE2180-3"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.3476400161162019, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}