On the recordMay 19, 2010
Where is the budget? I thank the gentleman for yielding, thank him for taking the time to do this Special Order this evening on a critical, critical issue. You know, April 15, by law, the Congress is supposed to have a budget resolution in place. We're supposed to have a document that actually places the parameters, sets the framework for all the spending that the Federal Government plans to do. And yet, here we are, 5 weeks later, still no budget. And, frankly, all the talk from the Democrats in Congress is that they're not going to do a budget resolution. Look, families have to do a budget. Small business owners have to do a budget. Local school boards do a budget. Village councils do a budget. Mayors and city councils, States, everyone has to do a budget. But somehow the Federal Government, the biggest spender of money in the world, is not going to put a plan together. Who'd have ever thought we'd see this day? I mean, think about this past year. Who would have ever imagined we'd see the things that we have witnessed from this Congress? Talk about a VAT tax, talk about a-- you know, a $1.4 trillion deficit. Did you ever think we'd see that in America, a $12 trillion national debt? And again, the talk of not even putting a budget together.
