[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 89 (Tuesday, June 15, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H4446-H4447]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     REFORMING THE EARMARK PROCESS

  (Mr. LAMBORN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. LAMBORN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ask my Democrat colleagues: 
Where is the budget?
  House Democrats haven't passed a budget for next year, something that 
hasn't happened in the modern era. This shows that they plan to spend 
without any restraint or accountability. If they can't budget, can they 
really govern?
  However, one thing we can and must do is control runaway spending by 
reforming the earmark process. I have agreed to ban all earmarks for 1 
year

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while we consider meaningful reform. I cosponsored the resolution, 
along with Leader John Boehner and most of my Republican colleagues, 
calling for an earmark ban. I followed that up with a letter to the 
Democratic leadership, asking that House Democrats join me in this 1-
year ban with other Republicans. I have also called for the creation of 
a joint select committee to come up with proposals to reform earmarks.
  The American people are demanding that we get our fiscal house in 
order. They, too, want to know: Where is the budget?

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