Walberg Comments on Debt Ceiling Vote Plan Includes $2.1T in Cuts and a Vote on the Balanced Budget Amendment

Today, Congressman Tim Walberg released the following statement:

“The President with the support of the previous Congress has spent a trillion dollars on a failed stimulus and trillions on a government takeover of healthcare. In less than a year, this Republican-led House has made significant progress to reverse course.We have passeda budget that cuts more than $38 billion for 2011,the first six spending bills for 2012 that return to pre-bailout, pre-stimulus levels, and the Ryan Budget that will save $5.8 trillion over ten years.”

“Unfortunately, the President and majority in the Senate fail to understand the true meaning of fiscal responsibility, but with the pressure of the American people, we have at least brought them to agree to $2.1 trillion in spending cuts, including two-thirds of the discretionary cuts in the Ryan budget, and a vote on the Balanced Budget Amendment. The plan that passed tonight is one more step that Congress has taken to end the culture of government overspending and rapidly mounting debt. But this is not the end, and it’s clear a true solution will not occur until America has a fiscally responsible President. I will continue to work to solve our government’s debt addiction and encourage job creation so that America can maintain its greatness.”