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




                    PASS A BUDGET AND LIMIT SPENDING

  (Mr. BILIRAKIS asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BILIRAKIS. Mr. Speaker, during these difficult economic times, 
families and small businesses across Florida are making sacrifices when 
it comes to their own budgets, yet Washington continues to spend 
trillions of dollars on bailouts, takeovers and pet projects. Now comes 
news that the House majority isn't even going to produce a blueprint 
for how they are going to intend to spend taxpayers' dollars, hard-
earned taxpayer dollars.
  Where is the budget, Mr. Speaker? Without a budget for the upcoming 
year, there will be no means to curb runaway government spending that 
has skyrocketed our debt to nearly $13 trillion. Unforgivable.
  Simply put, a failure to budget is a failure to govern. The American 
people have repeatedly made calls for fiscal responsibility. They are 
tired of Washington's irresponsible spending.
  Mr. Speaker, Congress should do its job by passing a budget and 
limiting spending.

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