[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5102]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          GOVERNMENT SPENDING

  (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, it's been 45 days since the 
House passed our bill to keep the government open and cut spending for 
the rest of this fiscal year. Forty-five days, and Senate Democrats 
still have not passed a bill or come up with a plan to reduce spending.
  The American people have a right to know how we got here. For the 
first time since 1974, last year when the Democrats ran the House, the 
Senate, and the White House, the Democrat majorities failed to do their 
jobs, failed to pass a budget, failed to pass important spending bills.
  To create a better and stronger America, we need to cut spending, 
balance the budget, pay down the debt, and slash the deficit. The 
American people want, need, and deserve better than trying to run a 
government deep into debt. A sign in my office sums it up well. It 
says, ``It's the spending, stupid.''

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