Weekly GOP Address with Sen. Rob Portman

Freshman Senator Rob Portman of Ohio delivers his first Weekly GOP Address. Once again, the topic is spending.



Or should I say the topic is too much spending...

Having chosen to duck the tough choices for the coming year and beyond, the president and Democrats in Congress are now objecting to any reductions in spending Congress can control in the current budget year. This is despite the fact that this year's $1.6 trillion deficit is at record levels, and over the past two years under Democrat leadership, this type of spending has increased 24 percent, and over 80 percent if you include the stimulus. Our goal as Republicans is to make sensible reductions in this spending and create a better environment for job growth, not to shutdown the government. Getting our debt and deficits under control is the first step we can take, and the single most important step Washington can take, to get our economy moving and create the jobs we so badly need.

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