Alex Mooney: “Thank you to Congressman Todd Rokita for arranging this Special Order to talk about the House budget released today…”

“Thank you to Congressman Todd Rokita for arranging this Special Order to talk about the House budget released today titled: ``A Balanced Budget for a Stronger America.'' As a freshman member of the House Budget Committee and the Representative of West Virginia on the committee, I worked to deliver on West Virginia priorities in the House budget. The first of these priorities is to balance the Federal budget. It is totally unacceptable for West Virginia--and all Americans--to live within their means while the Federal Government allows spending and debt to run rampant. While the House budget released today is not perfect, it balances, unlike the President's budget. As you can see right here, it is a 10-year budget cycle. Our budget balances in year nine. Not only does the President's budget not balance, it creates more debt and deficit each and every year as you go along. We don't have a partner to work with at the administrative level in the President's office to balance the budget. We had to do this on our own because the American people demand and deserve a balanced budget. It is the right thing to do, and that is a bipartisan statement. As I traveled my State and my district last year, I heard from everybody, Republican and Democrat, that they wanted a balanced budget. This puts us on the path to do so. I also successfully led three budget proposals through the committee process, and each are now included in the final House budget released today.…”