Duffy Votes Again to Rein Size and Scope of Federal Government

Statement

U.S.Congressman Sean Duffy, a member of the House Financial Services Committee and the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following statement after voting in favor of the short-term continuing resolution to fund the federal government for another three weeks:

"Our national debt stands at $14 trillion. We are going to borrow $1.6 trillion this year alone. Most Wisconsinites and Americans would agree that we simply cannot sustain the status quo that is leading our nation to financial ruin.

"Once again, the House is leading the way by passing a measure that not only keeps the federal government from shutting down, but also makes an additional down payment on the real work we need to do to get our nation's fiscal house in order.

"We face great economic challenges as a nation and funding the federal government in small increments is not ideal. Both sides of the aisle and both houses of Congress must come together to enact pro-growth policies that will empower the private sector to innovate, invest and create jobs.

"The House has already passed a measure that would fund the federal government for the rest of this fiscal year and put us on the path to fiscal sanity. But we can't do it alone. We need the Senate to join the People's House in this effort. It is my hope that we can continue to remove barriers to economic growth and job creation by reining in the size and scope of the federal government."

BACKGROUND:

The Continuing Resolution (CR) would provide discretionary funding for government operations through April 8, 2011. The bill would reduce spending by $6 billion from current spending levels and would provide a total of $1.077 trillion in discretionary budget authority for FY 2011. Presently, government operations are being temporarily funded at $1.083 trillion annually under H.J. Res. 44, the two week CR which the House passed on March 1st and which will expire on March 18, 2011.

Program eliminations in the bill total $3.5 billion in savings while savings from earmark eliminations total $2.6 billion in savings.

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