Congressman Tim Ryan's Statement on the Deadline for the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction

Statement

In response to the failure of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to reach an agreement on the federal budget, Congressman Tim Ryan issued the following statement:

"Millions of Americans are out of work and struggling to feed their families, keep their homes, and simply survive. But these difficulties have taken the back seat in Washington, where it seems Republicans' number one focus is reducing the federal deficit.

Today's failure by the Super Committee is one more disappointment in a series of disappointments that began with the manufactured controversy over the debt ceiling. But the true failure in this entire process was Congress' willingness to focus on the deficit, instead of doing everything we could to get America back to work.

My Republican colleagues must realize that we cannot simply cut our way back to full employment and that we must return to the important task of getting people back to work. Until that happens families in Youngstown, Warren, Akron, and across this country will continue to struggle."

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