[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 13, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H463]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   AMERICA'S FIRST PRIORITY--A BUDGET

  (Mr. McCARTHY of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. McCARTHY of California. Madam Speaker, last night, I had hoped to 
hear from the President that he would challenge both Houses to pass the 
first priority--a budget. The House has done it. The Senate has not for 
the last 3 years.
  In this House, we talk a lot about the sluggish economy and our 
continual debt. We talk in trillions, so let's take the zeros away and 
talk in household income. If we were a household, we would, roughly, 
bring in $24,500 a year, but we would spend $35,500. That means we'd 
have to add $11,000 to the credit card each year, but when we'd look to 
the credit card, it would already have $160,000 on it.
  We have to get the House in order. The Senate has refused to pass a 
budget in 3 years. The time is now to move America forward.

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