[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 80 (Tuesday, May 25, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H3765-H3766]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   MAJORITY'S FAILURE TO PASS BUDGET RESOLUTION THIS YEAR REPRESENTS 
                           MISSED OPPORTUNITY

  (Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, the majority's failure 
to pass a budget resolution this year represents a missed opportunity 
to provide fiscal discipline that is needed to create new job growth in 
our economy.
  Since President Obama was sworn into office, congressional Democrats 
have increased spending by nearly $1.8 trillion, including the failed 
stimulus bill and the government takeover of health care. To account 
for the spending binge, the President and the majority have enacted 
more than $670 billion in tax increases and pushed our Nation's debt to 
an unprecedented $14.2 trillion. That's $14.2 trillion.
  Yet the spending continues. This week the House is scheduled to 
consider another massive spending bill

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that will do little to create jobs but will, according to the 
nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, raise the deficit by $133 
billion.
  As spending continues to spiral out of control in Washington, the 
failure of congressional Democrats to present a fiscally responsible 
budget demonstrates a complete lack of leadership on the part of the 
majority.

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