[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 12533-12534]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                   THE BALL IS IN THE SENATE'S COURT

  (Mr. WOODALL asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. WOODALL. Mr. Speaker, I'm grateful. I hustled over here this 
morning because I heard there was a question about what kind of options 
have we provided for the United States Senate and what can we do to get 
America out of this crisis, and I know the answer.
  We've got lots of choices on their desk, Mr. Speaker, and if you talk 
to them, I hope you'll recommend these. Just look on the desk in front 
of them; they've got three good choices. You want a long-term solution 
to this challenge? Ten years. Look at the House budget plan we sent to 
the Senate in April--10 years we can solve this crisis, 10 years out 
into the future, cut $6 trillion out of the budget, put America on a 
track towards fiscal responsibility.
  Is 10 years too long? Mr. Speaker, last week we passed Cut, Cap, and 
Balance, an 18-month solution to this problem, 18-month solution, cuts 
spending, caps spending, balances the budget.
  Is 2 years too long? Look at what we sent over last night, Mr. 
Speaker, 6 months. Six months. It also cuts; it also caps; it also 
balances. A 6-month extension on the debt ceiling.
  Mr. Speaker, when you talk to the Senate, please tell them: 6 months, 
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years, 10 years. The House has acted on all of those. They sit in the 
Senate awaiting on action.

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