[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 80 (Tuesday, May 25, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H3763-H3764]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    CONGRESS NEEDS TO PASS A BUDGET

  (Mrs. SCHMIDT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. SCHMIDT. Mr. Speaker, budgeting is one of the most fundamental 
duties of governing. Yet here we are, a

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month beyond the deadline for producing a Federal budget, and the 
Democrat-controlled House will not pass a budget for the next fiscal 
year. This will be the first time since 1974 that the House fails to 
pass a budget, and passing a budget is important.
  The budget provides a fiscal blueprint for moving forward and 
addressing the deficits and debt. It provides the bigger picture in 
which fits all of the smaller things that Congress works on throughout 
the year.
  American families and businesses budget all the time, making 
difficult choices necessary to remain solvent. So must government. 
Failing to consider a budget does not make the budget problems go away. 
It simply provides more proof that the current leadership in Congress 
has no plan for dealing with all this mounting debt and deficit--at 
least no plans that it wants the American people to know about.

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