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CALLING FOR BALANCED BUDGET
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HON. PAUL A. GOSAR
of arizona
in the house of representatives
Friday, February 11, 2022
Mr. GOSAR. Madam Speaker, the House is set to take up a third stopgap funding bill since the fiscal year started back in October 2021.
Let me phrase that differently. We are nearly halfway into fiscal year 2022 and Congress has yet to fund the government.
America is flat broke. Last week the Treasury Department announced that our national debt exceeds 830 trillion, reaching a calamitous level and tripling in the last decade. Inflation is at a historic 40-
year high. Yet Congress cannot do its basic job and pass a budget on time.
Instead of addressing real issues facing our nation, the House of Representatives is once again kicking the can for three more weeks to give Congress additional time to try to pass another bloated budget.
Congress cannot spend its way into prosperity, and we must end the frantic habit of governing from one crisis to another. Instead of running up bills we can't pay for, we should be funding the common-
sense priorities of the American people, including securing the border, adequately funding our military, reducing taxes and eliminating job-
killing regulations.
Today, I reiterate my call for a balanced budget. If we cannot balance the budget rationally, we need a balanced budget constitutional amendment that would force Congress to live within its means, like everyone else.
I have spent my time in Congress trying to reduce spending and stopping this nonsense. I will be voting against this irresponsible kick-the-can-down-the-road continuing resolution. Spending more money that we don't have will not solve our nation's fiscal problems.
All of us will pay the price in the future. Unfortunately, our children and grandchildren will be most impacted. This is immoral to harm future generations but that is what today's continuing resolution does.
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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 168, No. 28
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