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Foxx statement on President’s 2009 budget request
Washington, DC,
February 5, 2008
“We must focus on balancing the budget without raising the taxes of hard-working North Carolina taxpayers. I am committed to reining in government spending and returning the savings to taxpayers. This should be the top priority of any budget that passes
Contact: Aaron Groen Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (NC-05) released the following statement after President Bush submitted his 2009 budget request to Congress: “We must focus on balancing the budget without raising the taxes of hard-working North Carolina taxpayers. I am committed to reining in government spending and returning the savings to taxpayers. This should be the top priority of any budget that “This budget presses for the elimination of some ineffective and wasteful government programs. Eliminating bloated programs is a step in the right direction. But I will work hard to ensure that Congress and the president do not to launch a flotilla of expensive new programs to replace the wasteful ones we eliminate. “As we crack down on wasteful spending Congress also must fix its earmark problem. Earmarks can be “airdropped” into legislation behind closed doors and pose a threat to real openness in government. Congress needs a budget process that eliminates abusive and wasteful earmarks and stops the exploitation of loopholes that allow earmarks to magically appear in the budget.” ### |
passes Congress.