mr. latham: mr. chairman, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. latham: mr. chairman, i come today with h.r. 1765, a bill to provide up to $253 million fr the airport improvement program, or any other account in the f.a.a., to the operations account. the purpose of this transfer authority is to restore a reliable and safe service in the commercial air traffic system by reducing our eliminating employee furlough days. i think we all agree the f.a.a. and the administration has handled the sequester poorly. the f.a.a. has negotiated in bad faith with the f.a.a. employees, the airlines, the flying public, and the congress and the administration has played shameful politics with sequestration at the cost of hardworking american families. as i have often said, this is simply no way to run a government. but the congress is stepping in to correct the problems created by the administration's inaction. we are taking this step because of the gross m

mr. latham: i thank the speaker. this morning was a remarkable time. the president, even though it's 65 days late, came out with a budget today. and it's interesting to note that it's about $600 billion of new taxes after we've just had $60 billion tax increase on this economy, with the health care bill another $1.2 trillion of new taxes and fees. his budget proposal increases the size of government 50% over the next 10 years. mr. speaker, i've been home for the last couple weeks talking to constituents, and what they tell me is the fact that they want a balanced budget. the president's budget never gets to balance. our budget does. they want to balance the budget. they want us to get control of spending in washington because they know how it affects themselves, their families and the future of this country. this spending coupled with all of the new regulations, the health care mandates coming down on small businesses, they are stopping job growth. we have to get some common sense in this house. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gent