Bill Flores: “In the tradition of The Heritage Foundation's 1980 mandate for leadership that provided a policy agenda for the incoming…”

“In the tradition of The Heritage Foundation's 1980 mandate for leadership that provided a policy agenda for the incoming Reagan administration, our Blueprint for a Balanced Budget 2.0 for the new President and his administration set forth an agenda for governing in 2017. {time} 0930 By all accounts, the RSC budget has proven successful in achieving this goal, with President Trump basing many of the policies for his fiscal 2018 budget request on the RSC's fiscal 2017 budget. I am pleased to see that many RSC-led proposals are included in both the President's budget and the House budget that we will consider later today. In the coming years, I look forward to continuing to see the RSC putting forth and leading on many conservative, sound policy ideas for our budgetary process. Mr. Chairman, I urge all our colleagues to vote ``yes'' on the RSC budget and to vote ``yes'' on the House GOP budget.”