[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]




           IT'S TIME TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT THE BUDGET DEFICIT

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, we are looking at a record-breaking budget 
deficit this year, most likely more than $1.5 trillion, and next year, 
well, we're not sure since our Democrat colleagues haven't passed a 
budget. Not since modern budget rules were adopted with the 1974 Budget 
Act has the House failed to pass a budget. American families have made 
tough choices to balance their budgets, so why not Congress?
  Republicans think the government should also live within its means, 
so we have created an online tool called YouCut to involve every 
American in the budget process. Americans have already cast nearly half 
a million votes in the YouCut program, voting for their topics to 
reduce spending and to cut the deficit.
  We'll have a chance to vote this week on spending cuts approved by 
the American people. I hope my colleagues will join us in listening to 
the American people and in getting serious about our record budget 
deficit.

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