[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 80 (Tuesday, May 25, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H3756]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        THE SPENDING HAS TO STOP

  (Mr. LEE of New York asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. LEE of New York. Mr. Speaker, Washington never ceases to amaze. 
While families across the country continue to struggle to live within 
their means, Congress continues to spend money we simply don't have. 
The House has passed a budget resolution every year since 1974, yet 
leaders on the other side of the aisle have no plans to pass a fiscal 
roadmap for the upcoming year.
  Without a budget, there will be no plan to curb the runaway 
government debt that we have, which is now approaching $12.9 trillion. 
It is embarrassing to think that the government running the world's 
largest economy would forgo the most basic of tools to manage close to 
a $4 trillion budget. If you ran a business and proposed to your bosses 
you wanted to forgo a budget in order to hide some very bad numbers, 
what would happen? I can assure you. You would be fired.
  The spending has to stop. American families are making tough 
decisions each and every day. Washington needs to start playing by the 
same rules.

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