Statement on Rep. Courtney's 94.9 FM Remarks

Statement

Today East Lyme First Selectman and Second Congressional District Candidate Paul Formica issued the following statement in response to Representative Joe Courtney's remarks on 94.9 FM:

"Representative Courtney today stated that continuing temporary budget resolutions and the Budget Control Act passed by Congress in 2011 are sufficient to run the federal government. As a family man, municipal leader and small business owner, I understand the need to create an annual budget and stick to it every single year. At a time when our country is faced with a 16 trillion dollar debt, Congressman Courtney believes that minimal reductions in the Farm Bill are the way to address our out of control spending."

"Additionally, Congressman Courtney's commitment to adding 1.2 trillion dollars of new spending and more taxes on the middle class with Obamacare is evidence that he is not serious about the fiscal problems our nation faces. What the Second Congressional District needs is a small business owner, who has balanced municipal budgets during a recession. It is time to change the thinking in Washington and elect a Congressman who will help to return us to the common sense Main Street thinking that once made this country great."

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