Stutzman Leads Effort to Demand Fiscal Discipline in Year End Spending, Joined by 43 Members to Maintain the Budget Spending Caps

Statement

U.S. Congressman Marlin Stutzman issued the following statement after leading 43 of his colleagues in a letter urging House Leadership to maintain the spending caps that were included in the House and Senate Budget Conference Report and passed into law by the Budget Control Act (BCA) of 2011.

"While imperfect, the BCA spending caps have greatly restrained the reckless Obama Administration and acted as hard limits on portions of Washington's out-of-control spending. With part of the federal budget at lower levels not seen since before President Obama took office, it would be irresponsible to abandon the fiscal victories that have been achieved over the last four years.

"Unsurprisingly, President Obama and Senate Democrats are demanding that Congress increase spending at the end of the year. In our letter, my House colleagues and I request that we adhere to the House and Senate budget, which balanced in less than ten years and prioritized funding for national defense. Specifically, we insist that Congress maintain the spending caps that have done more to control federal overspending than anything else has in years. Continuing the short-sighted "borrow, tax, and spend culture' of Washington is not what the American people sent us here to do."

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