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Washington, DC – Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) released the following statement after the White House released its budget blueprint for Fiscal Year 2013:
“With this budget proposal, the President has regrettably decided he is not going to be a part of the solution to our nation’s debt crisis,” said Smith. “President Obama’s budget would continue fueling uncertainty for job creators by imposing a $1.9 trillion tax hike while adding $11 trillion to the national debt.
As a former chairman of the House Budget Committee once said, “If you can’t budget, you can’t govern.” Budgeting is one of the most basic things people do. Families and businesses in Nebraska budget every day, figuring out what their needs are and how they are to be met.
Washington, DC – Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) today released the following statement after voting in favor of the Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act (H.R. 1173) which repeals the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act:
This past week President Obama delivered his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. Traditionally this speech has been a chance for the President to outline his agenda for the coming year. After more than three years of economic hardship, this was the time to chart a new path forward to put our nation back on a sounder fiscal and economic footing.
Washington, DC – Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) today released the following statement on President Obama’s State of the Union address:
“Strengthening our nation’s economy – creating jobs and putting Americans back to work – is the number one priority for Nebraskans,” said Smith. “But we aren’t looking for more of the same policies of the last three years – more government, more taxes, more stimulus spending. It hasn’t worked.
Washington, D.C.– Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) today issued the following statement after voting for H.J. Res. 98, which disapproves President Obama’s request to increase the statutory debt limit:
Washington, D.C.– Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) today issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives gaveled in the Second Session of the 112th Congress:
Over the past several weeks, Washington has had multiple opportunities to address the nation’s massive spending problem. Instead, the only thing Congress was able to accomplish was prove again how broken Washington has become. Despite the setbacks, we must redouble our efforts to end the unsustainable spending going on in our nation’s capital.
The holidays are a special time to reflect on the past year, to celebrate, and to give thanks for the freedoms and opportunities we enjoy as Americans. President Ronald Reagan reminded us of our blessings in his 1982 Proclamation on Thanksgiving Day: “I have always believed that this anointed land was set apart in an uncommon way, that a divine plan placed this great continent here between the oceans to be found by people from every corner of the Earth who had a special love of faith and freedom.”
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) today issued the following statement following voting in support of H.J. Res. 2, which would propose a Balanced Budget Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: