Federal Budget
Today, our nation faces a growing budget deficit due to out of control federal spending. I absolutely believe that a balanced federal budget is crucial to a healthy economy, and I remain an active and dedicated member of the fiscally conservative Republican Study Committee (RSC). In a few short years, baby boomers, the most productive generation in the history of the world, will begin to retire. Mandatory spending in the federal budget is on a trajectory to be over 100% of projected revenues. Dramatically slowing the rate of federal spending growth, easing the regulatory and tax burden on productivity in this country, and eliminating government waste are all critical if we are to balance this federal budget monster and return this nation to consistent economic prosperity. I am deeply committed to that endeavor.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Following House passage of H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act, Congressman Franks released the following statement on his YES vote on the bill:
The National Institutes of Health has been operating on an outdated budget and mission since 2009. The 21st Century Cures Act will improve outcomes of research, create jobs, and save lives with focused efforts to increase strategic investments and modernized the approval and regulatory processed for new drugs, biologics, and medical devices at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Congressman Trent Franks (AZ-08) released the following statement today after voting against passage of H.R. 83, the FY15 Continuing Resolution/Omnibus.
"Despite the past few months of negotiations between parties on the 'CROmnibus,' there were several provisions in the bill that made the overall package impossible for me to support.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Trent Franks (AZ-08), co-chair of the Congressional Missile Defense Caucus, released the following statement after en bloc acceptance of his amendment to the 2015 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) restoring $99 million in funding to the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense program. The amendment would restore nine SM3-1B interceptors slated to be cancelled under the proposed Obama defense budget.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Trent Franks (AZ-08) released the following statement regarding his "No" vote on the Ryan/Murray budget proposal:
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Trent Franks (R- AZ 8th Dist.), Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, was joined by 39 of his colleagues in filing an amicus curiae brief over the weekend with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit seeking to overturn Obamacare on the grounds that the law violates the Constitution’s Origination Clause.
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