Tiahrt Fights for Repeal of Obama ´Stimulus´ Plan
Congressional Desk
June 09, 2009
WASHINGTON—U.S. Congressman Todd Tiahrt, R-Kan., today led Republican efforts to rescue taxpayers from the Obama administration´s budget-busting stimulus spending. Tiahrt offered an amendment during a House Appropriations Committee meeting to rescind unobligated money in the Democrats' stimulus spending bill, calling it a miserable failure at helping workers and our economy. The Tiahrt amendment could save taxpayers from borrowing an estimated $600 billion.
Despite unanimous support from Committee Republicans, Democrats voted down the Tiahrt amendment on a straight party-line vote. Tiahrt said he was determined to continue leading the fight to put an end to out-of-control borrowing and spending that has plagued Washington.
"The Obama administration, aided by congressional Democrats, has an insatiable appetite for borrowing and spending taxpayer dollars for failed government programs that do nothing to help our economy or struggling workers find jobs," said Tiahrt. "Today I offered a proposal to get us out of this spending quagmire. Unfortunately, Democrats are unwilling to part with their massive government spending ways.
"Disguised as economic recovery, the so-called stimulus plan has miserably failed the American people. Quite simply, it has not worked. Consider that 1.5 million Americans have lost their jobs since the Obama stimulus bill became law, and then ask yourself why we should borrow money to fund programs that fail to perform.
"I voted against the Democrats' stimulus bill, and now I am leading the effort to repeal it. Kansans are fed up with the broken promises of a better economy, and all taxpayers deserve to get their hard-earned money back. True economic stimulus puts money back in the pockets of Americans, not bigger government programs. That way we can grow the economy from the ground up instead of pursuing the incompetent idea of growing the economy from the government down.
"The government is borrowing money it does not have, inflating programs we do not need, and making promises it cannot keep. I am determined to continue taking this fight to Congress on behalf of every taxpayer who is fed up with what they see coming from Washington."
The Tiahrt amendment, offered during the House Appropriations full committee markup of the Fiscal Year 2010 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill, targets Division A (discretionary funds) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Tiahrt will be introducing a stimulus rescission bill for consideration by the full House later this week.
Despite unanimous support from Committee Republicans, Democrats voted down the Tiahrt amendment on a straight party-line vote. Tiahrt said he was determined to continue leading the fight to put an end to out-of-control borrowing and spending that has plagued Washington.
"The Obama administration, aided by congressional Democrats, has an insatiable appetite for borrowing and spending taxpayer dollars for failed government programs that do nothing to help our economy or struggling workers find jobs," said Tiahrt. "Today I offered a proposal to get us out of this spending quagmire. Unfortunately, Democrats are unwilling to part with their massive government spending ways.
"Disguised as economic recovery, the so-called stimulus plan has miserably failed the American people. Quite simply, it has not worked. Consider that 1.5 million Americans have lost their jobs since the Obama stimulus bill became law, and then ask yourself why we should borrow money to fund programs that fail to perform.
"I voted against the Democrats' stimulus bill, and now I am leading the effort to repeal it. Kansans are fed up with the broken promises of a better economy, and all taxpayers deserve to get their hard-earned money back. True economic stimulus puts money back in the pockets of Americans, not bigger government programs. That way we can grow the economy from the ground up instead of pursuing the incompetent idea of growing the economy from the government down.
"The government is borrowing money it does not have, inflating programs we do not need, and making promises it cannot keep. I am determined to continue taking this fight to Congress on behalf of every taxpayer who is fed up with what they see coming from Washington."
The Tiahrt amendment, offered during the House Appropriations full committee markup of the Fiscal Year 2010 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill, targets Division A (discretionary funds) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Tiahrt will be introducing a stimulus rescission bill for consideration by the full House later this week.
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