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Boehner Reacts to State of the Union on Cincinnati Radio: "You Cannot Continue to Spend Money You Don't Have"

Press Release

Date: Jan. 26, 2011
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Entitlements and the Safety Net Health Insurance Government Budget and Spending Environment

Congressman John Boehner (R-West Chester) called in to the Brian Thomas Morning Show on Cincinnati's 550 KRC-AM to discuss the President's State of the Union message and the new House majority's efforts to stop government's job-crushing spending binge and end economic uncertainty in America. Key excerpts are included below:

Boehner Urges President Obama to Keep Promises on Fiscal Responsibility, Says New House Majority Will Continue Work to Cut Gov't Spending to Pre-"Stimulus,' Pre-Bailout Levels

"Remember the president called for a spending freeze for most of the budget last year, and it did not happen. He called for no more earmarks going back over a year and that didn't happen. We're going to have a whale of a fight over spending. It started yesterday -- we approved a resolution ordering the budget committee to come back with spending to fund our government for the balance of this fiscal year at pre-"bailout' pre-"stimulus' levels … It's time for us to cut spending, because you cannot continue to spend money that you don't have. By cutting spending we can actually get our economy moving again and put people back to work." [Audio]

Boehner Says Repealing ObamaCare is about Creating Jobs, Cutting Spending

"There were $750 billion worth of tax increases in the ObamaCare bill. When you look at 10 years of taxes and only six years of benefits, it's pretty clear to me that the real cost of this bill is $2.5 trillion over ten years. You can't tell me that repealing ObamaCare won't save money. It will save trillions of dollars." [Audio]

Boehner Says New House Majority Will Keep Pledge to Cut Gov't Red Tape, Promote Private Sector Job Creation in America

"The Congress will try to stop regulations that will drive up the cost of doing business in the United States and push jobs overseas… You look at what the EPA is trying to do in terms of implementing "cap and trade' through some regulatory process. It will cost us two and a half million jobs each and every year for the next five years."


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