[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2690]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           NO BUDGET, NO PAY

  (Mr. PETERS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. PETERS. Mr. Speaker, I ran for Congress on the idea of no budget, 
no pay. If Congress can't do its job and pass a budget, they don't 
deserve a paycheck. No hardworking American gets paid for not doing 
their job. So why should we?
  Just a few months ago we passed a bipartisan 2-year budget agreement 
that moved us away from the harmful sequester. Now many of my 
colleagues on the other side of the aisle are threatening to go back on 
that agreement and keep us from having a budget at all. That is what 
gridlock looks like, and that is what people hate about Congress.
  What are we going to do to fix it? Come in to work 10 days in the 
entire month of March. Maybe if we came to work, we could debate and 
pass a budget and spending bills that will spur economic growth and 
create high-quality jobs.
  But, instead, we have 2 months on the calendar this year where we 
don't come to work at all, even once. A 5-day workweek is expected from 
most Americans. Why should Congress be any different?

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