[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5072]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               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, I rise today to congratulate the President 
on finally sending up a budget, though it was 65 days late with no real 
explanation for why it was late.
  Of course, the House passed its budget on time. The Senate, to their 
credit, for the first time in 4 years passed a budget on time. And the 
amazing thing, Mr. Speaker, is that in the face of an almost $1 
trillion deficit and a $17 trillion debt, the President sent up a 
budget that increases spending, increases taxes, increases the deficit, 
cuts Social Security and Medicare, and still never balances. That's 
quite a feat.
  Mr. Speaker, America knows our debt and our deficit are strangling 
our economy. Let's roll up our sleeves, work with the Senate, and solve 
the fiscal mess this Nation is in.

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