[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12008]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                          WHERE IS THE BUDGET?

  (Mr. BURGESS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BURGESS. Madam Speaker, it's tough economic times, and almost 
every family, every business back in my district knows in tough times 
you've got to sit down and put pen to paper and figure out a budget so 
you know where you stand and where you're going. But right now, people 
find it unbelievable that they're sitting down and going through this 
tough process but we, in Congress, are not.
  Until this year, we've never failed to pass a budget since the Budget 
Act was put into place in 1974. In fact, it is astonishingly 
insensitive of the Democratic leadership to not do a budget this 
Congress.
  Earlier this year, President Obama himself said in January, ``Like 
any cash-strapped family, we will work within a budget to invest in 
what we need and sacrifice what we don't.''
  So why not do a budget this year? I can't understand it. My folks 
back home can't either.
  Last week, Brian Garlotte of Flower Mound, Texas, posted on my 
Facebook page, ``Where is our budget, Congressman? This is 
unacceptable.'' I agree with Brian. It is unacceptable that this year, 
of all years, Congress will not work on a budget.

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