[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9260]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  LEAD, FOLLOW, OR GET OUT OF THE WAY

  (Mr. COLE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, in 2006 our distinguished majority leader said 
enacting a budget was ``the most basic responsibility of governing.''
  Representative Spratt, from South Carolina, our distinguished Budget 
chairman, said in the same year, If you can't budget, you can't govern.
  Yet this Democratic majority's produced no budget. I don't believe 
that's the fault of Mr. Hoyer or Mr. Spratt. They're both good men, and 
they're both working hard to create a budget. But that responsibility 
does rest with each and every member of the Democratic Caucus.
  My friends, you have 257 Members. Can't 218 of you agree on a budget? 
And if not, why are you here?
  I would suggest to my Democratic colleagues, they should lead, follow 
or, in November, get out of the way.

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