Fischer Outlines Concerns with Budget Agreement

Statement

U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) announced today that she has voted against advancing the budget resolution, and will oppose its final passage. Fischer released the following statement:

"I appreciate the good faith efforts of budget negotiators to reach an agreement. I'm deeply troubled, however, by proposed cuts in retired pay and survivor benefits for our military men and women. It is doubly concerning that these changes would affect current retirees, instead of grandfathering in those already receiving benefits. Such a significant move must be fully evaluated in an open, transparent, and deliberative legislative process, not hastily enacted at the end of the year. I oppose rushed efforts to make these changes, which would cost veterans thousands of dollars in previously promised payments -- all to fund more government spending.

"Unfortunately, the budget resolution also delays nearly half of actual spending cuts until 2022 and 2023, further kicking the can down the road. I was elected to cut wasteful spending now, not to push the responsibility on to our children and grandchildren."

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