[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13395]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          NO BUDGET THIS YEAR

  (Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, it's official. In late June the 
majority leader confirmed what we've known all along and suspected: 
There will be no budget this year.
  Yes, for the first time since 1974, the House will not even consider 
a budget resolution that's necessary to begin the appropriations 
process beginning October 1.
  Now, this may sound like inside baseball or congressional 
housekeeping, but it's much more than that.
  Over this past month, I've met with hundreds of constituents who have 
the same question, ``Where are the jobs?''
  My colleagues, we should be spending this summer working to improve 
our financial outlook, positioning our Nation to create an environment 
for private sector job growth and opportunity.
  Instead, the majority has chosen to increase domestic spending by 84 
percent since the President took office on inefficient programs that 
have succeeded only in adding to the public debt. To finance this 
spending binge, we're borrowing more and more money from nations like 
China, Japan, and Saudi Arabia.
  The people of New Jersey and people across the Nation know that we 
spend too much, tax too much, and we borrow too much. It's got to stop.

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