[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4933]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               THE BUDGET

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, the President finally decided to join the 
budget discussion today. Good. It's high time he got off the sidelines.
  The contrast between the President's budget and the balanced House 
Republican budget is stark. The President relies on stimulus and taxes; 
House Republicans rely on government-spending restraint and reform to 
achieve economic growth. If recent history is any indication, we chose 
the better path.
  Examine this President's track record of growing the economy: 
government spending is up, workforce participation is down; national 
debt is up, family take-home pay is down. If President Obama's 
trillion-dollar stimulus didn't work, how is a shallow imitation going 
to help us now? The President's budget will never balance and will 
yield an endless string of deficits.
  The Republican Path to Prosperity requires Washington to make do with 
a little less and keeps money in the private sector where it can be 
invested in job creation, expansion, and real economic growth.
  The American people waited 65 days for the President's budget. They 
deserve more than stimulus and taxes.

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