Joe Baca: “Congress should be focusing on creating jobs, helping middle class families, and lowering the deficit with intelligent…”

“Congress should be focusing on creating jobs, helping middle class families, and lowering the deficit with intelligent spending cuts--and I say with ``intelligent'' spending cuts. But instead, we're headed towards a devastating government shutdown. Policy experts from across the political spectrum all agree the Republican budget will result in more job losses, I state more job losses, and more suffering of our families. Senator McCain's chief economic adviser estimates that the Republican budget will lead to 700,000 jobs being lost. Even Wall Street firms like Goldman Sachs say the budget plan will cause our economy to shrink by 2 percent. In my district, teachers, police officers, firefighters who are set to lose their jobs deserve better. I say they deserve better. The time to play politics with our budget is over. I urge my Republican friends to break free from the extremists in their party. Let's work together. Let's work together on a real plan to create jobs and strengthen our economy.”