Congressman Rubén Hinojosa Votes to Enact Bipartisan Budget Agreement

Statement

Today, Congressman Rubén Hinojosa voted with 265 other Democratic and Republican Members of Congress to pass H.R. 1314, a bipartisan budget agreement that creates jobs, protects seniors, affirms the full faith and credit of the United States and invests in our future.

"I am proud to join in this bipartisan effort to find a path forward for hard-working American families. This responsible budget agreement makes significant progress on the urgent challenges facing the American people," U.S. Rep. Hinojosa said. "With passage of this bipartisan deal, we have strengthened our national security, invested in our future, and we have averted imminent crisis. I am pleased Congress was able to come together to win progress for the American people with this agreement."

The bipartisan budget agreement passed today enables crucial investments in America's future after years of the damaging sequester -- securing equal funding increases in defense and domestic initiatives over the next two years, and allowing for investments in such critical areas as education and R&D. Further, the bill takes immediate action to prevent a major increase in Medicare Part B premiums and deductibles for millions of seniors in 2016. The agreement also stops a drastic 20 percent cut in disability benefits in 2016, all while extending the solvency of Social Security Disability Insurance.

Fending off the Republican threat of a first-ever U.S. default, this bill makes clear that the full faith and credit of the United States is non-negotiable and unbreakable with a clean debt limit suspension. Put simply, this bipartisan budget agreement provides greater economic certainty to businesses and families, and it is estimated that it will create an additional 340,000 jobs in 2016 alone -- along with increased economic growth.

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