Balancing the Budget and Fixing Medicare

Statement

Dear Friends,

Earlier this week, the U.S. House of Representatives took a significant step towards securing our Nation's future and restoring our fiscal sanity. For far too long, Congress and the President have ignored the will of the people and continued to spend taxpayer dollars at unsustainable levels.

The budget proposal that passed the House balances, eliminates wasteful government spending, repeals Obamacare, preserves Social Security and Medicare for current beneficiaries and future generations, and commits to providing a strong national defense for America.

The following day, an overwhelming bipartisan majority passed H.R. 2, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015. H.R. 2 would repeal and replace Medicare's severely flawed SGR formula, providing certainty to seniors and their health care providers. H.R. 2 marks the first major structural entitlement reform in nearly two decades and is an important first step in fixing Medicare to ensure its survival for future generations.

This is the type of the responsible, commonsense governing the American people demand from their elected officials, and I am proud to have been able to stand up and support these solid universal principals.

Sincerely,

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