Rep. Renee Ellmers: We’ve Only Just Begun to Cut Spending
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The spending cuts included in Congress’ recently passed two-week continuing resolution are just the first steps to greater fiscal discipline, freshman Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC) said last week at The Heritage Foundation. With a new deadline of March 18 to fund the government, Ellmers promised push for more spending reductions in the weeks ahead.
Speaking at The Bloggers Briefing, Ellmers said the $4 billion in cuts included in the two-week CR represent only what President Obama has requested to be defunded in his fiscal 2012 budget. Republicans are just “taking the ball and running with it quicker,” she said.
The cuts “aren’t happy cuts,” but have become necessary from a “lack of leadership” in the 111th Congress, she continued. “We don’t like what we’ve had to do, but we’ve had to do them.”