“Don’t tell me what you value — show me your budget, and I’ll tell you what you value.” Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi are both quite fond of using variations of this adage, and their sentiment could not be more correct. That is why it is so disturbing that House Democrats have chosen not to produce a federal budget since assuming the House majority in January 2019.

But the failure in fiscal probity is actually bipartisan, as Republicans are guilty as well. Last Congress, when I was chairman of the largest conservative caucus in the House, the Republican Study Committee, I drew the line and forced a vote on the House floor for a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. The vote, unfortunately, fell short of the two-thirds majority needed for passage. It was just one more instance when Congress missed an opportunity to put our nation’s long-term fiscal future above the next election.