Rick Allen: “I thank my friend from Montana, the chairman of this committee. It was a real privilege to serve on this committee. Over…”

“I thank my friend from Montana, the chairman of this committee. It was a real privilege to serve on this committee. Over the years, the size of the Federal Government has ballooned. While it excels in some ways, like keeping our Nation safe, oftentimes, it does not serve the American people well, and that keeps my constituent services office very busy back in the district. As a small business owner, I know how important it is to run effective and efficient operations. If you don't serve your customers well, you won't stay in business. But because the Federal Government is largely unaccountable, the only people who suffer from government inefficiency are the people it is intended to serve: the American people. For far too long, we have let the executive branch seize authority and empower unelected bureaucrats. I am proud to serve on the Republican Study Committee's Government Efficiency, Accountability, and Reform Task Force, whose goal is to develop reforms to improve the Federal Government in order to better serve American families. Prior to my service here in Congress, I served as the Georgia co- chair for the Fix the Debt committee, which was a nationwide bipartisan effort to identify ways that we could balance our budget. Our new report here in the GEAR Task Force highlights strategies to streamline government practices and remove waste, much like the Fix the Debt committee identified. For example, we all know that Washington has a spending problem.…”