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Issue Position: Budget

Issue Position

Date: Jan. 1, 2011
Issues: Government Budget and Spending

As with any household in this country, the federal government must also work to balance its budget. I served in the U.S. House of Representatives when President Clinton worked with Congress to achieve a balanced budget. When President Clinton left office, he handed President George W. Bush a surplus that was squandered, and the budget was sent spiraling out of control by increased spending and slashed revenue.

Today, we are working here in Congress to balance our budget and move our nation back to the practice of fiscal responsibility.

I am currently serving as the third most senior member of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Budget, where we set the spending limits for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations (on which I also serve).

It is imperative for our nation's security that Congress take immediate steps to establish fiscal responsibility, and we have been doing just that during the 111th Congress.


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