[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12532]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            THE WORLD WAITS

  (Mr. SHIMKUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SHIMKUS. Mr. Speaker, I taught high school government and history 
for 4 years. For a bill to become a law, it must pass both Chambers, 
and then it must be signed by the President. The House has now passed 
two bills which raise the debt ceiling, cut spending, and address a 
balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. This historical reform 
for the first time ties a debt increase to a cut in spending.
  It is long past time for the Senate to pass something. Their 
negligence threatens the fiscal health of this Nation. Once they do, we 
can conference the bills, which is where compromises are then resolved. 
Or we can pick up their bill. But until then, the world waits.

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