I thank the ranking member, and I congratulate my friend in his new leadership role in addressing what is one of the most important issues in our country today, which is fiscal irresponsibility and a now nearly $30 trillion national debt. I appreciate his leadership. Mr. Speaker, that is why today I rise in opposition to this, the Democrats' sham $2.1 trillion parody of a budget. Democrats, in their own words, having failed again to pass a budget last year, now say: ``The 2021 budget resolution has a single purpose. It gives Congress the option of using a budget reconciliation.'' However, this is a very different tune than what my Democrat colleagues said just a few years ago. In August 2017, Senate Majority Leader Schumer said reconciliation is ``the wrong way to do the business of the country,'' and he demanded a bipartisan solution instead. Democrats are once again shirking their duty to produce a budget while intending to ram a partisan spending bill down the throats of the American people. However, in 2019, the Republican Study Committee, which I chair, produced a budget that balanced in 6 years. It reduced tax burdens on American families, limited the Federal Government to our core constitutional responsibilities, and prioritized individual liberty. Speaker Pelosi once infamously said: ``Show me your values. Show me your budget.'' Well, now we know what those values are.…
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