[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9265]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    CONGRESS NEEDS TO PASS A BUDGET

  (Mrs. SCHMIDT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. SCHMIDT. Mr. Speaker, budgeting is one of the most fundamental 
duties of governing. Yet here we are, a month beyond the deadline for 
producing a Federal budget, and the Democrat-controlled House will not 
pass a budget for the next fiscal year. This will be the first time 
since 1974 that the House fails to pass a budget, and passing a budget 
is important.
  The budget provides a fiscal blueprint for moving forward and 
addressing the deficits and debt. It provides the bigger picture in 
which fits all of the smaller things that Congress works on throughout 
the year.
  American families and businesses budget all the time, making 
difficult choices necessary to remain solvent. So must government. 
Failing to consider a budget does not make the budget problems go away. 
It simply provides more proof that the current leadership in Congress 
has no plan for dealing with all this mounting debt and deficit--at 
least no plans that it wants the American people to know about.

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