[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 80 (Tuesday, May 25, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H3763]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     FAILURE TO IMPLEMENT A BUDGET

  (Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, all throughout the Fourth 
District, Kentuckians are asking Congress to establish fiscal 
responsibility. Some Congressmen are fighting to establish a 
responsible budget, but the Democratic leaders are only offering more 
spending, more taxes, and more debt.
  Washington doesn't have a revenue program or problem. It's got a 
spending problem. Just in the first 7 months of the current fiscal 
year, Congress has already run up an $800 billion deficit under the 
direction of Speaker Pelosi. If the House doesn't pass a budget, it 
will be the first time it has failed to do so since 1974.
  Congress is missing a critical opportunity to provide a responsible 
blueprint for the Nation's fiscal future and serve as a check and 
balance to an administration intoxicated by excessive spending. 
Congress must restore the ownership of the American Government back to 
its rightful owners, the American people.
  That's why House Republicans are creating major initiatives like 
YouCut and America Speaking Out. Both programs allow the American 
people to change the culture of spending in Washington and make the 
Federal budget the same as our families' budgets: Balanced.
  Stop the spending madness, and give our children back a real future.

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