WIttman Meets with President Obama to Discuss Stimulus Package

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Congress Wittman Meets with President Obama to Discuss Stimulus Package

"I appreciate the President taking the time to come meet with me and other House Republicans; I believe that these types of discussions are always productive in our efforts to address the challenges of our country. We had a very frank discussion about the proposed stimulus package, which will cost taxpayers $825 billion, but I'm still left with many concerns about what passes as stimulus," said Wittman.

"President Obama stated in our meeting in reference to our rate of deficit spending that ‘the pace we are going will do irreparable harm to the economy.' I agree with this assessment and would add that we cannot sustain the current level of deficit spending with over a 1.2 trillion dollar deficit this year and a projected deficit of 3.8 trillion dollars in 2010," said Wittman.

"I strongly support the tax cuts in the package, but they are a very small portion of the stimulus bill. In fact, for every $1 the bill offers in tax cuts for small businesses; there is $4 to plant grass on the National Mall. Economists agree that tax cuts aid both small businesses and the taxpayer and that is where real stimulus will come from," said Wittman.

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