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Policy Experts Praise Rep. Gosar's Compact for a Balanced Budget Amendment at Inaugural Capitol Hill Forum

Statement

Date: May 25, 2016
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Government Budget and Spending Federal, State and Local Relations

Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) released the following statement after submitting testimony during the first full meeting of the Compact Commission of the Compact for a for a Balanced Budget which aims to enact the Congressman's legislation, H.Con.Res.26:

"The Compact for a Balanced Budget will bring Republicans, Democrats, independents, and most importantly, people at the local level together to give them a true voice in helping solve our country's spending crisis. Using an agreement among the states called an "interstate compact,' the Compact for a Balanced Budget treats our nation's spending problem as the constitutional crisis it is and advances a powerful Balanced Budget Amendment.

"The time has come for states to have a true voice in this process and for America to utilize an innovative approach to our budgetary challenges that does not require the President's signature. It is time that the people of this great nation intervene and that we empower States to assist with reining in our $19 trillion plus gross federal debt."


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