[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 23, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H252]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     NO BUDGET, NO PAY FOR MR. REID

  (Mr. STUTZMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STUTZMAN. Mr. Speaker, growing up back home on the farm in 
Indiana, we all knew that ``if you don't work, you don't eat.'' 
Unfortunately, that doesn't hold true if you're the majority leader in 
the United States Senate.
  It's been 4 years since Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has brought 
a budget to the floor of the United States Senate. You could build the 
Pentagon three times in that timeframe. It's time to pass a budget out 
of the United States Senate, and Senator Reid should not be paid until 
it's done.
  The House has acted responsibly. We've met our deadlines, and we have 
set our priorities. I was part of the House Budget Committee when we 
put together budgets that tried to get our out-of-control spending 
under control and rein in our $16 trillion of debt. The Senate has not 
acted one time in that timeframe.
  It's time to make the hard choices and do the work necessary to 
restore fiscal responsibility to Washington. It's time for Senator Reid 
to pass a budget or withhold his paycheck.

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