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On the recordJune 9, 2010
With all due respect to the gentlewoman who just stood here, the fact remains the Democrats are not introducing a budget. One of the fundamental principle things that this Congress should do is introduce a budget. This Congress should be embarrassed that they haven't introduced a budget that we can debate and discuss. It's one of the things that's lacking in this so-called leadership here. They may want to talk about Bush, but the reality is the Democrats have the House and Senate and the Presidency, and they owe it to the American people, they owe it to this institution to produce a budget so that we can debate and discuss it in the United States Congress. It's one of the fundamental things we should do. This Congress should be embarrassed that it has yet to produce a budget.
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Jason Chaffetz
Republican · Utah

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Chaffetz criticizes Democrats for not introducing a budget for Congress to debate.

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