[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10696]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       AMERICANS DEMAND A BUDGET

  (Mr. WITTMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. WITTMAN. Mr. Speaker, as I travel around America's First 
District, I hear unanimously from folks out there, and they ask this 
question: Rob, what's happening in Washington about our budget? Why do 
we continue to deficit spend? We are on an unsustainable path. When are 
we going to reduce the national debt?
  I was just in Heathsville, Virginia, on Sunday. There folks asked, 
Rob, when is Congress going to adopt a budget? Why aren't you adopting 
a budget? We, as family members, have to adopt a budget. We have to 
make sure that we're responsible in spending. Why isn't Washington 
doing the same thing? Well, I ask the majority the same question, Why 
aren't we adopting a budget? Why aren't we on a path of sustainable 
spending, reducing this deficit and addressing this national debt?
  Folks, it's incumbent for this country to do that; it's a 
responsibility of this Congress to do that. I challenge the majority to 
do their duty, put a budget on the table. Let us get to work for the 
American people.

                          ____________________