Sometimes we in Washington think, well, the answer is to spend more. But I would suggest that there must be a different approach.
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Recent events, however, tell a little bit of a different story, a slightly different story than that.
It's my hope that this Committee will spend more of its time and effort this Congress deliberating ways to reduce our budget deficits.
Democrats in Congress and in the Biden Administration need to work with Republicans to promote American energy independence rather than promoting less efficient forms of energy.
Brazen regulatory overreach currently being carried out by unelected and unaccountable bureaucrats must come to an end.
Let's not fool ourselves. And most importantly, let's not fool those we represent, the American people.
This fiscally irresponsible path that our federal budget is on is something that increases significantly the odds of a debt crisis.
It strikes me as one of the most outrageous things my generation has done to the coming generations.
The impact on the economy of the amount of debt we're adding up is 10 times the impact of climate change.
If we want to do something serious about global emissions, we need to put a price on carbon.
I have no question about the impact of climate change. It's going to be significant, devastating in some areas more than others.
Brazen regulatory overreach currently being carried out by unelected and unaccountable bureaucrats must come to an end.
Democrats in Congress and in the Biden Administration need to work with Republicans to promote American energy independence rather than promoting less efficient forms of energy.
It's my hope that this Committee will spend more of its time and effort this Congress deliberating ways to reduce our budget deficits.
There has become an all to prevalent quality in American political discourse... who seek to climate alarmism to justify a widespread federal government takeover of our economy.
Let's not fool ourselves. And most importantly, let's not fool those we represent, the American people.
This fiscally irresponsible path that our federal budget is on is something that increases significantly the odds of a debt crisis.
I appreciate the opportunity to serve on the Budget Committee as a new member and especially to do so at a time when the state of our federal budget is in such profound disrepair.