[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10689]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                           PASS ANNUAL BUDGET

  (Mr. DJOU asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DJOU. Mr. Speaker, last month I left the Honolulu City Council 
for the great honor of entering this Chamber as a Member of the United 
State House of Representatives. Last week, my former chamber, the 
Honolulu City Council, passed its annual budget. The budget was $3.5 
billion. My position is that the Honolulu City Council budget is too 
big, increased taxes by too much, and increased government size by far 
more than the citizens of the city and county of Honolulu could afford. 
But at least the city and county of Honolulu passed a budget. It was 
$3.5 billion. The Federal Government will spend that money in about 5 
minutes.
  Here today in mid-June, the United States Congress still has yet to 
pass a budget. If the Honolulu City Council, which I just departed, can 
pass a budget for $3.5 billion, which the Federal Government will spend 
in just a few minutes, it is the responsibility of our government here 
in the United States Congress to pass a budget. We are spending far too 
much money. Even worse than that, we are spending far too much money on 
programs that are not working. Even worse than that, we have no plans 
to pay it back. Let us get to work and pass a budget.

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