Ribble Votes for Fiscal Responsibility, Against Budget

Statement

U.S. Representative Reid Ribble (WI-08) today released the following statement on H.R. 1314, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015:

"I came to Washington because I was concerned about where our country was headed not for me, but for my grandkids and future generations of Americans. The debt we are racking up now is nothing more than future taxes on them--with interest. For that reason, I have insisted that we reform our spending, balance our budget, and ensure that programs like Social Security, Medicare, and infrastructure funding are on a fiscally strong, secure path for the future," Ribble said.

"Unfortunately, the Bipartisan Budget Act boosts federal discretionary spending by the largest increase since I have been in Congress and suspends the debt limit without making meaningful structural reforms and I was unable to support it."

Representative Ribble has made the fight for a return to fiscal sanity the centerpiece of his time in Congress. From authoring "No Budget, No Pay" to "Cut, Cap, and Balance," to introducing the Bridge to Sustainable Infrastructure Act and his Biennial Budgeting and Enhanced Oversight Act that currently has 224 bipartisan cosponsors, he has been a leading voice on budget reform.

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