Cliff Stearns: “Recently, Speaker Pelosi sent a letter to her committee chairmen asking all of them to chip away at Federal budgetary…”

“Recently, Speaker Pelosi sent a letter to her committee chairmen asking all of them to chip away at Federal budgetary spending. In addition, Majority Leader Hoyer recently wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal urging for shared sacrifice to address the budget crisis this country is facing. Unfortunately, Mr. Speaker, their rhetoric does not match up to reality. Budget Chairman John Spratt even said, ``If you can't budget, you can't govern.'' Let me repeat that. This is what the Chairman of the Budget Committee said: ``If you can't budget, you can't govern.'' I could not agree more. It is becoming increasingly clear, Mr. Speaker, however, that House Democrats cannot budget. American families and small businesses are making tough choices in this economic climate. But Democrats continue to spend and to spend. The Federal Government is spending more per household than ever before and running up a $1.5 trillion deficit in 2010, the largest deficit since the end of World War II.”