[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 4275]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                          BALANCING THE BUDGET

  (Mr. HARRIS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HARRIS. Mr. Speaker, the American people saw today that their 
House of Representatives is serious in dealing with our crushing debt 
and deficit.
  We took some big steps toward that today. Just minutes ago, we passed 
a budget that balances within 10 years and yesterday rejected plans 
that were offered that would never balance a budget. Just minutes ago, 
we approved a spending plan for the rest of the year that puts us on a 
path toward balancing that budget.
  Mr. Speaker, American families for the past few years had to tighten 
their belts. Since the beginning of the year, they had to tighten their 
belts an extra 2 percent with that payroll tax increase in January, and 
it's about time we did the same belt-tightening in Washington. That's 
what we did today.

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