[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 16 (Monday, February 4, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H317]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     TIME TO SUBMIT A CREDIBLE PLAN

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, families budget, small businesses budget, 
cities budget, churches budget, schools budget, my state of North 
Carolina budgets, but Washington does not.
  Instead, year after year, budgetless Washington spends every single 
cent of the money it takes from the American people and $1 trillion 
more.
  Not since 2009 has the Democrat Senate bothered to pass a budget, and 
not since 2010 has President Obama submitted his plan for a budget on 
time.
  When you don't plan, it's easy to overcommit. And when a country 
overcommits year after year after year, it ends up $16.4 trillion in 
debt.
  That debt doesn't just rob our future; it hurts Americans looking for 
jobs today. While government spending ballooned, 8.5 million more 
people have given up looking for work since 2009.
  Mr. Speaker, the unchecked spending has got to stop. It's time to get 
this government on a budget. It's time for the President to submit a 
credible plan.

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