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Mike Pence: Well, it's becoming more obvious every day to the American people that this administration was slow to responded in the…

On the recordJune 23, 2010
Well, it's becoming more obvious every day to the American people that this administration was slow to responded in the gulf, and the Democrats still don't have a plan. They don't have a clear plan to contain the sea of oil in the gulf and, remarkably, here on Capitol Hill, Democrats don't even have a plan to contain the sea of red ink in Washington, D.C. Announcing this week, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer confirmed the Democrats' response to runaway Federal spending is to not do a budget. Failing to lead is not leadership. Not doing a budget is not an answer. The Democrats' refusal to write a budget is a shocking abdication of duty and a historic failure of leadership. There has been a lot of talk these days about governing philosophies here on Capitol Hill, but their governing philosophy? Don't govern. This Congress owes the American people a budget, a list of priorities, and an outline of the hard choices that are necessary to put our fiscal house in order. No budget is no answer.
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Mike Pence
Republican · Indiana
Source
govinfo.gov
Jun 23, 2010

Editor's note · Context

Pence criticizes the Democratic leadership for failing to propose a budget and manage federal spending.

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