[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 22, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H186]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           NO BUDGET, NO PAY

  (Mr. TIPTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TIPTON. As we begin the 113th Congress, it is time that this 
Congress does what hardworking families and small businesses across our 
country do every day: balance our budget and actually work within a 
budget. We have families right now that are struggling. The impacts of 
this Congress and its inability to be able to have its fiscal house in 
order cannot be overstated when it comes to hurting those families and 
small businesses.
  We're going to be putting forward legislation to make sure that that 
debt ceiling will be increased for a temporary period of time, but with 
the requirement that this House and our counterparts in the United 
States Senate actually pass a budget for the American people. If we 
can't do that, then we as Members of Congress don't deserve to be paid. 
No budget, no pay. This is common sense--to stand up for the American 
people to make sure that we are getting this fiscal house in order and 
looking out for our children and for our grandchildren.

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