[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 5059-5060]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET

  (Mr. LUETKEMEYER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Mr. Speaker, the President's just-released budget 
calls for higher taxes, more spending, and bigger government, all of 
which would make it more difficult for hardworking Americans, like 
those in the Third District of Missouri, to find jobs. More troubling 
yet is the President's budget simply does not balance. Every family 
must balance their budget, and we in Washington should, too. We cannot 
continue to spend money we don't have, and it's not right for the 
President to take more to spend more.
  Several weeks ago, I proudly supported a Republican budget that 
provides for a balanced budget, will foster a healthier economy and 
help create jobs. The President's budget, meanwhile, holds any reforms 
and spending cuts hostage in exchange for more tax hikes.
  The American people are tired of the same old song and dance from the 
President and his allies when it comes

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to spending their hard-earned tax dollars. This budget proposal, which 
is months overdue, isn't a serious plan.
  Mr. Speaker, I'm from the ``Show Me'' State, and this budget doesn't 
show me anything.

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