Robin Carnahan Statement on White House Budget Proposal
For Immediate Release:
February 1, 2010
Contact:
Linden Zakula, (314) 367-2004
Saint Louis, MO – Robin Carnahan released the following statement today regarding the White House’s budget proposal:
From where I stand here in Missouri, I’m disappointed in the President’s budget recommendation. Budgets are about setting priorities and it’s time Washington started making fiscal discipline and tackling the long-term budget deficit higher priorities.
For too long, officials in Washington, including Congressman Blunt, have contributed to our country’s growing deficit with their wasteful government spending, earmarks and favors for corporate special interests. In fact, as part of the Republican Congressional leadership, Congressman Blunt helped turn a $128 million surplus in 2001 into a $1.2 trillion deficit by 2009.
Missouri families have to balance their checkbooks and our government should be no different, so I urge our elected officials in Washington on both sides of the aisle to work together to get our country’s long term deficit under control.
