CONGRESSWOMAN EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON’S STATEMENT ON VOTE AGAINST BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT

Washington, DC – (Monday, November 21) – Congressman Eddie Bernice Johnson released the following statement after the House of Representatives voted down a balanced budget amendment:

 “The Balanced Budget Amendment failed to pass in the House on Friday, which would destroy 15 million jobs, cripple the economic recovery and imperil our social safety net: Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security and double the unemployment to 18 percent. Our country cannot afford to continue going in this direction. We need to create jobs, not eliminate them. We need our economy to prosper, not falter,” stated Congresswoman Johnson.

“A balanced budget can be achieved through spending cuts and  revenue increases.”

More than 270 national organizations opposed this amendment, including the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, Paralyzed Veterans of America, Easter Seals and others.

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U.S. Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson is the highest-ranking Texan on the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure and a senior member of the Science Committee. She represents the 30th Congressional District of Texas, which, includes Downtown Dallas, Fair Park, Oak Lawn, Turtle Creek,Old East Dallas, Pleasant Grove, & South Oak Cliff; all of Balch Springs, DeSoto, Hutchins, Lancaster & Wilmer and parts of Cedar Hill, Duncanville, Ferris, Glenn Heights and Ovilla.