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Blackburn Introduces Across-The-Board 1%, 2% and 5% Spending Cuts

Press Release

Date: Oct. 29, 2019
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Government Budget and Spending

Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) introduced across-the-board spending cuts as amendments to S. Amdt. 948 to H.R. 3055, the CJS-AG-INT-THUD minibus appropriations package yesterday. The amendments seek to cut 1%, 2% or 5% of all spending accounts under the bill, including the Departments of Commerce, Justice, Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development.

"The government never gets enough of the taxpayer's money. If you send it, they will spend it," said Senator Blackburn. "At the rate Washington is spending, we'll be leaving our children and grandchildren with an enormous amount of debt, which is immoral. By working with federal agencies to cut back, we can drive down our spending, our annual deficit, and our national debt."


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