A Failure to Govern
For the first time since the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 was signed into law, the House of Representatives will not pass an annual budget resolution. As families across the nation are cutting their budgets and foreign governments are reducing spending, the liberal majority in Congress must find the cure for its addiction to spending. The United States is facing trillion-dollar deficits over the next decade and a national debt surpassing $13 trillion, which makes their refusal to produce a formal spending plan to address budget deficits nothing less than a failure to govern.
Alternatively, Republicans have offered a budget resolution that cuts spending and achieves a budget surplus within 10 years. Speaker Pelosi and Budget Committee Chairman Spratt have refused to allow debate on this proposal, let alone bring it up for a vote.
Congressional Budget Office data show that increased spending levels have played a major role in producing record deficits. I voted against $2.3 trillion of spending under the Bush Administration and have voted against nearly $7 trillion since President Obama took office. As a dedicated fiscal conservative, I will continue working to put our country on a path of fiscal responsibility. We cannot continue to mortgage this country’s future by accumulating debt and passing the bill to our children and grandchildren.
