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Feeney: Restore fiscal sanity
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| Contributor | CBlock941 |
| Last Edited | CBlock941 Sep 19, 2005 08:07am |
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| Media | Newspaper - Orlando Sentinel |
| News Date | Monday, September 19, 2005 02:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The Sentinel's recent editorial series on America's tenuous economic future highlighted several challenges that I have focused on as priorities during my first two terms in Congress.
First, I have been an ardent supporter of eliminating wasteful federal spending, so much so that I co-founded an organization of Washington leaders who are equally committed to this cause. The Washington Waste Watchers has highlighted instances of government waste, targeting dozens of egregious examples of waste and eradicating tens of millions of dollars in frivolous government spending.
Further, I believe it is imperative that we reform the way Congress consumes money. Spending other people's money is an intoxicating experience. The current budget process makes it easy to spend and almost impossible to cut taxes. Congress routinely violates its own budget limits by simply passing appropriations bills. In response, I've co-sponsored the Family Budget Protection Act in both of my first two terms, requiring that all spending bills follow the budget limits as passed and changing the House spending rules, making it more difficult to expand government. |
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