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Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-04) released the following statement after voting in support of the Fiscal Responsibility Act.

“For the first time in modern history, Washington will be spending less money next year than it is this year,” said Congressman Bill Huizenga. “By making the first cut to baseline discretionary spending in more than a decade and enacting budgetary caps, the Fiscal Responsibility Act will reduce spending and save taxpayers an estimated $2.1 trillion. This legislation also strengthens our workforce by expanding work requirements to help lift Americans out of poverty. The Fiscal Responsibility Act will grow our economy by enacting the first meaningful permitting reform in roughly 40 years so we can unleash American energy production and improve infrastructure development.

“While this bill does not include everything I would have liked, it is important to remember how we got here. President Biden’s long-stated position was simply not to negotiate and continue to mortgage America’s future. A united House Republican Conference forced the President and Senate Democrats to the table. In divided government, no one gets everything they want. Our work addressing Washington’s runaway spending is far from over, but the Fiscal Responsibility Act begins to finally turn the ship while also creating additional opportunities for House Republicans to chip away at Washington’s bloated bureaucracy.”