[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 10694-10695]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       SPENDING IS OUT OF CONTROL

  (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, spending is out of control. In April, the 
U.S. Government ran a record monthly deficit of $82.7 billion. That's 
almost $83 billion in just one month.
  Unfortunately, the Democratic majority has done nothing to reduce 
spending. Overall, spending has only gone up since they've been in 
power. Perhaps the most outrageous thing is that the majority is not 
even trying to pass a budget, which would give us a framework to rein 
in runaway spending.
  Budgeting is the most basic duty of government. Yet here we are 2 
months beyond the deadline to produce a Federal budget, and it doesn't 
appear this House will produce one. This will be the first time since 
1974 we haven't produced a budget. Failing to consider a budget doesn't 
make the problems go away. It simply provides more proof that the 
current leadership in Congress has no plans for dealing with the debt 
and deficits that continue to rise.

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  We cannot keep laying the current financial burdens on our children 
and our grandchildren. They can't afford it, and we can't afford it. 
Let's pass a budget. Reduce spending, rein in, and get ourselves back 
in control.

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