April 4, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 59 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 BUDGET

  (Mr. KEVIN HERN of Oklahoma asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KEVIN HERN of Oklahoma. Madam Speaker, I rise today to discuss 
our Nation's ballooning debt and the lack of interest across the aisle 
to address this crisis. We currently face a national debt that exceeds 
$22 trillion and a deficit reaching $1 trillion.
  President Reagan's chief economic adviser recently called our 
Nation's fiscal situation ``the most dangerous domestic problem facing 
America's Federal Government.''
  The majority party--so, the Democratic Party--is responsible for 
producing a budget representative of their values and priorities. 
Despite our grim fiscal reality, Democrats have made the decision to 
skip their duty of writing a budget, foregoing the only opportunity to 
look at our entire fiscal picture.
  Speaker Pelosi has stated on numerous occasions: Show me your budget, 
and I will show you your values.
  So, since the Democrats refuse to pass a budget, do they truly have 
any values that represent the American people? These are Speaker 
Pelosi's own words.
  If my businesses spent money like the Federal Government, I would be 
forced to file bankruptcy. These wasteful habits are encouraged by 
politicians who do not see Federal dollars for what they are: hard-
earned American taxpayer money.
  The failure to produce this budget begs the question: Are our friends 
across the aisle concerned about our national debt? Again, I refer to 
the Speaker's words: No budget, no values.

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