[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3933]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                       CALL FOR A BALANCED BUDGET

  (Mr. TIPTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TIPTON. Mr. Speaker, a ``balanced approach'' should not be 
hardworking Americans give and government takes. This year, the Federal 
Government will collect a record $2.7 trillion. Federal spending will 
far surpass this. Continuing to increase revenue while Federal spending 
grows, with no end in sight, is not a balanced approach. The balanced 
approach that we should pursue is a budget that balances and a budget 
that protects the present and builds for the future.
  We're presenting a budget that moves to that end and actually 
balances by slowing the rate of spending increases. This is a concept 
that the Washington elite will label as extreme. Yet this is a concept 
that American families call common sense, and something they do every 
week. American families have watched government grow and their budget 
shrink. That's not right.
  Why is a budget that balances important for the American people? The 
answer is found in examples that we see now going on in Western Europe. 
Governments that overspend and, as a result, underperform hurt the 
people that they're designed to help the most. Our budget will prevent 
this type of financial crisis from happening in our country. It will 
keep the promises to our families and seniors and protect the future of 
the American Dream.

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