[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 22385]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            OMNIBUS SPENDING

  (Mr. BUCHANAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. BUCHANAN. Mr. Speaker, despite $14 trillion in debt, Congress 
continues to waste taxpayers' money.
  The Senate is now debating the Senate bill, loaded with more than 
6,000 earmarks, including research for maple syrup in Vermont. This 
barrel of pork totals $8.3 billion.
  America's message last month was very clear--stop the reckless 
spending.
  This continued borrowing and spending is putting our country on the 
road to bankruptcy. Forty-nine out of 50 States have to balance their 
budgets. Yet, in the last 50 years, we have only managed to balance the 
Federal budget five times. This has to change.
  We need to pass a constitutional balanced budget amendment, and we 
need to pass it today.

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