[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 10143-10144]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    POLITICAL BALANCE IN WASHINGTON

  (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Madam Speaker, with the Democrats in control, 
millions of jobs have been lost. The main job creation has been in the 
Federal Government, not the private sector. The national debt has 
doubled and the

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national deficit has tripled. Taxes have gone up and will increase even 
more at the end of the year. And the Democrats in the House haven't 
even bothered to propose a Federal budget. If a budget is not approved 
this year, it will be the first time since the Budget Act was enacted 
in 1974.
  One party controls the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the 
White House. We need a political balance in Washington, not a one-party 
monopoly.

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