[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 6]
[House]
[Pages 8885-8886]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           NO BUDGET, NO PAY

  (Mr. PETERS of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PETERS of California. Mr. Speaker, last year, I ran for Congress

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on No Budget, No Pay: the concept that if Congress does not pass a 
budget and do its job, we should not be paid. In so doing, I joined my 
Republican colleagues here in the House in being critical of the 
Democrats in the Senate who had not passed a budget for 4 years. As a 
result of our actions, we forced the Senate to pass their budget, and 
we in the House have passed our own.
  Now, according to our rules and centuries of practice, we are 
supposed to have a conference to reconcile the Senate and House budgets 
so we can approve a compromise and forward a congressional budget to 
the President for his signature.
  When I go home, I hear a sense of urgency from San Diegans about 
balancing the budget and ending the sequester. But too many in 
Washington, D.C., who are well paid and comfortable seem to care more 
about politics than about helping the American families and businesses 
that are struggling. Now is the time to honor the American people by 
doing our jobs.
  Mr. Speaker, please appoint conferees now so we can pass a Federal 
budget and get on with our work.

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