On the recordApril 4, 2014
I thank Congressman Price and the Budget Committee for their hard work in trying to give Members of this body better information. Families and small businesses back home didn't need to read today's jobs report to know that this isn't the strong recovery they deserve. They know that, with Washington's $17 trillion of debt, it isn't hard to see why our economy isn't creating enough jobs. Hoosiers understand the problems, but they wonder if Washington even cares. Republicans owe taxpayers a clear plan to tackle the debt and jumpstart the economy with private sector job growth. That is why my colleagues and I are offering a commonsense reform to Washington's broken budget process. We have to force the Federal Government to take an honest look at how its policies affect Americans struggling in this real economy. It is not too late to save the American Dream from a future of debt and decline, but we have to do that work now. We owe taxpayers a clear vision for how we can force Washington to stop spending money we don't have and make ends meet without raising taxes. That starts with reforms like the Pro-Growth Budgeting Act.





