Romney: The Budget Committee Must Stop its Theater and Start Acting to Restore Fiscal Responsibility

At a Budget Committee hearing today to discuss the President’s budget proposal, U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) railed against the unserious nature of the Committee in the midst of our country’s debt crisis. Out of the 29 Budget Committee hearings this Congress, only three have dealt with the topic of the budget—while 14 of them have been on climate change. He urged the Committee to address the topics actually under its jurisdiction and get serious about addressing the budget and debt. In an exchange with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Shalanda Young, Senator Romney argued that the Administration has put out a budget proposal it knows has no chance of becoming law, and that in order to get legislation passed, Republicans and Democrats have to actually work together. Romney also offered his bipartisan, bicameral Fiscal Stability Act as a viable solution to getting a handle on our debt.