[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5796]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            BUDGET CONFEREES

  (Mr. BERA of California asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BERA of California. It's core to our job, Mr. Speaker, to pass a 
responsible budget. That's job number one. A budget tells us how we're 
going to be stewards of the taxpayer resources.
  One of my first acts in Congress was to cosponsor the No Budget, No 
Pay Act. We now have a budget that the House has passed; we have a 
different budget that the Senate has passed; and the President has 
submitted his budget. It is now time for us to go to conference.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask you to appoint conferees so we can get a real 
budget and start moving this country forward. That is core to our job. 
We must produce a budget in order to start addressing our debt and 
deficit and making sure that the public understands what our priorities 
are.
  Mr. Speaker, now's the time to act. I ask that you appoint conferees, 
and let's get this country moving forward.

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