[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 16 (Wednesday, February 3, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H476-H477]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             OBAMA'S BUDGET

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

[[Page H477]]

  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, the President's budget released on Monday is 
a blueprint for failure. It projects a $1.6 trillion budget deficit for 
this year alone; and in its entire 10-year window, the annual deficit 
never falls below $700 billion. The much vaunted spending freeze only 
covers some 13 percent of the budget and only accomplishes this goal by 
moving certain programs from discretionary to mandatory spending. Once 
the freeze is picked at by the free-spending leadership of the House 
and Senate, it will be reduced to a lukewarm puddle of even more 
deficit spending.
  To make the tough decisions about balancing our budget, the 
administration looks to create a nonbinding commission. The President 
doesn't need a toothless commission when he already has the power to 
direct his Office of Management and Budget to create a blueprint for 
solvency. We need leadership. We need the buck to stop with the 
President, not with the commission of unelected economists, academics 
or bureaucrats.

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