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Mike Pence: Federal spending is out of control, and the American people know it. $13 trillion national debt, a $1.4 trillion deficit…

On the recordJune 30, 2010
Federal spending is out of control, and the American people know it. $13 trillion national debt, a $1.4 trillion deficit this year, an 84 percent increase in nondefense discretionary spending since this administration took office. The Democrat majority's answer so far this year, no budget. To answer this extraordinary fiscal crisis by refusing to lead is unacceptable. After a year of avoiding hard choices, now we hear the latest Democrat plan is actually to bring a budget resolution to the floor in some procedural motion known as 'deeming.' Well, Mr. Speaker, you can't deem a budget that you never passed. The American people long for leadership in Washington, D.C., that's willing to sit down across party lines and face the fiscal and economic crisis of this country head on with hard choices. We can't get this economy moving again until we get Washington, D.C., under control. I urge my colleagues, reject this phony baloney deeming of the budget. Let's sit down. Let's face our fiscal crisis head on. Give the American people the kind of leadership they want and deserve.
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Mike Pence
Republican · Indiana
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govinfo.gov
Jun 30, 2010

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Speaker Pence addresses the need for responsible federal budgeting and leadership in response to the national debt.

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