Burgess Statement on Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015
Washington,
October 28, 2015
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Lesley Fulop
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Budget and Spending
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade, issued the following statement on the introduction of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015. “I oppose the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 and the process by which House and Senate leadership negotiated the American people’s business. This should have included the entire Republican conference and should not have occurred solely behind closed doors. I cannot support a budget deal that turns off the sequester and its mandatory spending cuts—critical for budget reform—while also suspending the debt limit for two years. This provides President Obama with a blank checkbook to indiscriminately rack up more debt that will have to be dealt with long after he vacates the White House. Unlike the spending that goes into effect immediately, the projected $75.6 billion in deficit reductions will not be felt for years to come, if ever. With our Nation’s deficit and debt on a trajectory to become increasingly more cripplingly and unsustainable, a backroom deal like this is simply unacceptable.” |
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