[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 11337]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                        HON. MICHAEL C. BURGESS

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 30, 2009

  Mr. BURGESS. Madam Speaker, on Wednesday, April 29, 2009, on rollcall 
number 216 I am not recorded. This rollcall vote on S. Con. Res. 13, 
the Conference Report to a Concurrent Resolution setting forth the 
Congressional Budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 
2010 and budgetary levels for fiscal years 2009 and 2011 through 2014, 
occurred while I was absent from the floor of the U.S. House of 
Representatives. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay.''
  I would have voted ``nay'' on S. Con. Res. 13 because the budget 
significantly increases the Federal deficit and passes the burden of 
payment on to future generations of Americans. The reserve funds 
singled out for healthcare reform, climate change, affordable housing, 
and Medicare alone represent a dramatic expansion of the powers of the 
Federal government. I am committed to voting to improve fiscal 
responsibility and to reduce the size and power of the federal 
government. As a result of that commitment, I would not support this 
resolution. On April 2, 2009 the House of Representatives voted in 
favor of the House Budget Resolution (233-196), on that vote, I am 
recorded as voting ``nay.''

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