03.27.15

McConnell Statement on Senate Passage of FY 2016 Balanced Budget

‘By passing a balanced budget that emphasizes growth, common sense and the needs of the middle class, Republicans have shown that the Senate is under new management and delivering on the change and responsible government the American people expect.’

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell issued the following statement Friday after passage of the Fiscal Year 2016 Senate budget that balances within 10 years and does so without raising taxes:

“By passing a balanced budget that emphasizes growth, common sense and the needs of the middle class, Republicans have shown that the Senate is under new management and delivering on the change and responsible government the American people expect. The Democrat-led Senate for years refused not only to pass a balanced budget, but any budget at all. Those days are over, and the proof is passage of a balanced plan with ideas that Congress’ nonpartisan analysts tell us would boost jobs, raise income and drive economic growth.

“The Senate budget embraces the energy revolution and provides Congress the opportunity to put our nation’s defense onto a more stable footing; it also provides the tools to finally repeal and replace the President’s failed healthcare law, while protecting and improving Medicare and Medicaid. I want to give a special thanks to Senator Mike Enzi, the Budget Committee chairman, for his great work in putting this balanced budget together. We look forward to conferencing our budget with the balanced budget that passed the House earlier this week.”

 

Related Issues: Budget, Restoring the Senate