[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9263]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             PASS A BUDGET

  (Mrs. CAPITO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Speaker, as we approach Memorial Day we still have 
no budget. And now it appears we will not even be offered a budget 
resolution for the first time since the adoption of the 1974 
Congressional Budget Act.
  Across the country, people are hurting and being forced to cut back 
on their spending. An article in USA Today released today cited income 
from private wages fell to an all-time low during the first quarter of 
this year. While our private sector is losing jobs and cutting wages, 
the Federal Government, under the leadership of this Congress, has been 
irresponsibly seeking to spend trillions of dollars on a stimulus 
package full of pet projects, a job killing cap-and-trade proposal, and 
a budget-busting, if we had a budget, health proposal.
  While Americans across the country are making a budget and sticking 
to it, I think it's time that we in Congress sit down under their 
leadership, make a budget, and stick to it.
  Mr. Speaker, the American people deserve better.

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