January 24, 2012
Price Statement on 1000th Day Without A Senate Budget
Washington, D.C. – House Republican Policy Committee Chairman Tom Price, M.D. (R-GA) issued the following statement on the 1000th day since the Democrat-led Senate passed a budget. Yesterday the White House announced it would again miss its deadline and fail to submit the president’s budget to Congress by the first Monday in February.
“Trillions of dollars in debt are being added to the bill our children and grandchildren will have to pay, and Senate Democrats just refuse to do their job,” said Chairman Price. “A sound fiscal foundation is essential to building a secure economic future where more Americans can prosper. In order to avoid a future of debt, doubt, and despair, we need a plan to cut spending while strengthening vital programs – like Medicare – so they are actually still around for current and future generations. House Republicans put together such a plan but our colleagues in the Democrat-led, Do-Nothing Senate have failed to join us in these efforts. For a thousand days and counting, Senate Democrats have neglected to fulfill a core responsibility of governing, and their lack of leadership comes at a time when we so desperately need folks willing to make tough decisions rather than political calculations.”
