FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 1^st, 2011

Paulsen Statement on the Budget Control Act

Washington, D.C. – Representative Erik Paulsen (MN-03) issued the following statement after voting for the Budget Control Act which would avoid default, begin to address our nation’s out-of-control spending, and includes no taxes on job creators.

“With great reluctance, I voted in favor of this bill only because it was better than the alternative. Now that job-crushing tax hikes are off the table, hard working Minnesota families and small businesses can start living with more certainty,” said Paulsen. “However, the simple truth is that relying on another special committee and not mandating a balanced budget clearly shows that Washington has a long way to go in ending its spending addiction.”

“While we may have succeeded in forcing Washington to change the conversation on the size of government, this is only a small step towards doing what is needed to adequately address our spending-driven debt crisis and end Washington-style accounting gimmicks,” Paulsen continued. “I promise to continue working with my colleagues to see that Congress listens to the people and passes a Balanced Budget Amendment as well as permanent spending controls so that we can begin to pay down our national debt.”

Paulsen, a champion of small business and advocate of free enterprise, entrepreneurship, and innovation currently serveson the House Ways and Means Committee, and is co-chair of the Congressional Korea-U.S. Free Trade Working Group and co-chair of the House Medical Technology Caucus.

For more information on Rep. Paulsen’s work in Congress, please visit www.paulsen.house.gov.

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