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Hal Rogers: Why is it that the majority party in this body, with an overwhelming majority, refuses to tell the American people, with…

On the recordMay 25, 2010
Why is it that the majority party in this body, with an overwhelming majority, refuses to tell the American people, with a budget resolution, how they plan to spend their hard-earned taxpayer money? Why? Well, it's a political year, and they don't want to show the American people that we are going to borrow $1.6 trillion beyond what we take in to pay for the profligate spending splurge that we see going on in this body. Every American family has to have a spending plan, a budget. Every church, every business, every government--State, local, and Federal--is supposed to have spending plans, and they do, except here in this Chamber. Come on, majority. Show us how you're going to spend the money. Bring your budget forward. Every American has the right to know how you're going to spend their hard-earned money and how much debt you're passing along to their children and to their grandchildren. Show us the money.
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Hal Rogers
Republican · Kentucky
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May 25, 2010

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The speaker criticizes the majority party for not presenting a budget resolution to the American people.

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