{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://amodei.house.gov/news-releases/amodei-votes-yes-fiscal-responsibility-act", "Amodei Votes Yes on the Fiscal Responsibility Act", "2023-05-31", "2023", "2023-05", "Republican", "House", "NV", "Mark E. Amodei", "A000369", "amodei.house.gov", "amodei", "https://amodei.house.gov/news-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congressman Mark Amodei (NV-02) made the following statement after voting for the Fiscal Responsibility Act, legislation that will responsibly raise the debt ceiling into 2025, all while enacting provisions to limit Washington\u2019s irresponsible spending.\n\n\u201cI voted to support the Fiscal Responsibility Act because it does what is possible in a divided government to stop the out-of-control spending that has plagued Washington for far too long. It also secures a variety of historic wins that will help create a better future for the American people, many of which would have never seen the President\u2019s desk as standalone pieces of legislation.\n\n\u201cKeep in mind, it was just a few weeks ago when President Biden was refusing to negotiate a deal on the debt ceiling. By passing our original debt ceiling bill \u2013 the Limit, Save, Grow Act \u2013 we were ultimately able to force the President to join us at the negotiating table and finally come to an agreement.\n\n\u201cThe Fiscal Responsibility Act is a major win for the American people, especially when the alternatives are a clean debt ceiling lift or defaulting on our obligations. No less, the bottom line is, allowing us to go past the debt ceiling deadline would create catastrophic consequences \u2013 including strategic weakness, economic weakness, inflationary weakness, and would immediately put Social Security and other entitlement benefits at risk.\n\n\u201cAbsolutely no disrespect to my colleagues who voted against this bill, but I don\u2019t believe they are looking at the big picture. I also would have liked to pass bigger spending cuts, but the fact is that Republicans only narrowly control one-third of this process. We may wish that we weren\u2019t dealing with President Biden in the White House or a Democrat majority in the Senate, but that is our current reality, and this legislation is what we can get signed into law. Remember, the best way to get more spending cuts in the future is to elect a new president in 2024.\n\n\u201cI know there will be conservative opposition to my vote. And before anyone attacks my conservative credentials, remember that Members like Thomas Massie and Jim Jordan are also supporting this bill. Like me, these members realize that we cannot make perfect the enemy of good. I\u2019d rather win by a field goal than not at all.\n\n\u201cThis legislation is a great first step in returning to fiscal sanity, and I was proud to support it. But our work is far from done. After 15 years of Obama, Biden, and Pelosi enacted policies, it is going to take more than one bill to fix our debt crisis.\n\n\u201cThe folks lamenting that this bill does not include enough of a check on spending need to watch how we appropriate the federal budget for Fiscal Year 2024. As a reminder, the Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations process is completely controlled by House Republicans and is an important piece in how we limit spending going forward. And don\u2019t forget, four seats on this committee were given to members of the Freedom Caucus as the result of the 2023 Speaker election.\n\n\u201cAs an Appropriator in the House, I personally recognize the real work comes now and this bill is just the first step in what will be a long process of reigning in the out-of-control spending rubber-stamped by Democrats year after year. I am committed to reducing the national debt and putting us back on the path of fiscal responsibility.\u201d\n\nAccording to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, this bill will cut $2.1 trillion, the largest spending cut in American history.\n\nThe Fiscal Responsibility Act contains the following provisions:\n\nCuts spending year-over-year, including a rollback of non-defense discretionary spending to FY22 levels \u2013 while fully funding the Veterans Administration\u2019s medical programs.\n\nLimits topline federal spending to 1% annual growth for the next 6 years \u2013 a massive cut from the Biden budget proposal.\n\nEnacts work requirements for food stamps and welfare benefits.\n\nEnacts into law the first ever statutory Administrative Pay-Go to hold President Biden accountable for the full cost of executive rules and regulations.\n\nClaws back $28 billion in unobligated funding from over 120 different accounts created through COVID spending bills.\n\nAccelerates projects and cuts costs with the first significant reform to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) since 1982.\n\nRescinds the $1.4 billion Democrats and President Biden had planned to use for new tax enforcement agents at the IRS and sets the stage for additional recissions (up to $20 billion) for the IRS over the next two fiscal years.\n\nRequires borrowers to restart student loan repayments, saving taxpayers an estimated $5 billion per month.\n\nEnsures full funding for critical veterans' programs and national defense priorities, while preserving Social Security and Medicare.\n\nRejects all of President Biden\u2019s $5 trillion in proposed new taxes, new government mandates, and new federal programs.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T23:55:44Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://amodei.house.gov/news-releases/amodei-votes-yes-fiscal-responsibility-act"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0234550572931767, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}