On the recordMay 25, 2010
Mr. Speaker, during these difficult economic times, families and small businesses across Florida are making sacrifices when it comes to their own budgets, yet Washington continues to spend trillions of dollars on bailouts, takeovers and pet projects. Now comes news that the House majority isn't even going to produce a blueprint for how they are going to intend to spend taxpayers' dollars, hard- earned taxpayer dollars. Where is the budget, Mr. Speaker? Without a budget for the upcoming year, there will be no means to curb runaway government spending that has skyrocketed our debt to nearly $13 trillion. Unforgivable. Simply put, a failure to budget is a failure to govern. The American people have repeatedly made calls for fiscal responsibility. They are tired of Washington's irresponsible spending. Mr. Speaker, Congress should do its job by passing a budget and limiting spending. ____________________
