[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9259]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          BALANCING THE BUDGET

  (Mr. LUETKEMEYER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Mr. Speaker, one of the top issues on people's minds 
these days is Washington's never-ending spending binge and the need for 
responsible budgeting. The American people know that reining in this 
wild spending spree starts with balancing our budget. But wait a 
minute. The majority party has now indicated that the House might not 
even consider a budget resolution this year.
  It is vital for the House to submit a budget resolution that will 
start the budget process in this Chamber and crack down on the out-of-
control spending that has the government borrowing 42 percent of the 
money we spend this year. If you are a businessperson, you have a 
budget. Most people even have a budget for their household. Our States 
have budgets. But yet, why would we think it is not important for the 
Federal Government to have a budget? If this were not so serious, it 
would be comical.
  The question, then, is why does the majority not want to do a budget? 
The answer is obvious. There are tough choices that have to be made to 
rein in this out-of-control spending, and there is no political will to 
make those choices. Spending is easy; making cuts is hard. Failure to 
budget is failure to govern.

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