On the recordApril 11, 2013
I come to the House floor today fresh from a Budget Committee hearing. We had the OMB Director presenting the President's budget today. I know so many folks have said, I thought the budget was required by law to be here the first week of February. That's true. Better late than never continues to be true, as well. But as we listened to the details of the budget, Mr. Speaker, what we heard was that the President is proposing to increase spending, increase taxes, and increase the debt. Mr. Speaker, there are thousands of pages to this budget. I hope we'll find some things that we can agree on. But I know that the American people agree with Republicans in this House when we say taxes are already too high, spending is already too high, and the debt is already too high. The President's budget never, ever pays one penny of our Federal debt. It's wrong. We can do better. This House must come together and lead that charge. ____________________
