[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3670]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       PRESENTING A TIMELY BUDGET

  (Mr. HULTGREN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. HULTGREN. Madam Speaker, today I speak of the importance of 
working together to adopt a budget on time in the 113th Congress. For 
the last few years, the House has passed a responsible budget that 
would rein in spending and debt without raising taxes while protecting 
the vital safety nets of Medicare and Social Security--only to see the 
Senate fail to pass any budget at all. This is irresponsible and cannot 
happen again this year.
  The American people and families back home in my district in Illinois 
cannot afford a government that does not meet its basic responsibility 
to adopt a budget on time each and every year. The very first bill I 
introduced as a Member of Congress was the Constitutional Congressional 
Pay Accountability Act in 2011, legislation that said if Congress 
failed to meet its statutory deadline to pass appropriations bills on 
time, then Members of Congress should not get paid. This simple and 
straightforward concept defines what every American family and job 
creator understands: that you cannot spend more than you take in.
  Let's act responsibly to pass a budget and work with our colleagues 
in the Senate to ensure we get the job done this year.

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