Fiscal Responsibility

Our nation faces a serious fiscal crisis. We are 16 trillion dollars in debt and under President Obama we will have had four consecutive year of trillion dollar deficits, a first in our nation’s history.  His latest budget proposal offers nothing but more spending, more debt, and higher taxes. The Democrat-controlled Senate passed a budget for the first time in four years. After seeing their proposal I understand why they have avoided telling the American people their budget plans for so long. Despite calling for an additional $1.5 trillion tax increase, their budget never balances. They want to tax more so Washington can spend more. Sadly, rather than joining us in taking on out of control spending and debt, they have chosen business as usual.

I believe it is my job to be your advocate for limited government and fiscal responsibility. As a member of the House Budget Committee, I can tell you we are committed to offering bold solutions that give the American people an honest alternative to big government liberalism. The budget we passed through the House this year would balance within 10 years without raising taxes.