{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://obernolte.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-obernolte-offers-motion-responsible-spending-budget-committees", "Rep. Obernolte offers motion for responsible spending on Budget Committee\u2019s reconciliation report for $4.3 trillion spending package", "2021-09-25", "2021", "2021-09", "Republican", "House", "CA", "Jay Obernolte", "O000019", "obernolte.house.gov", "obernolte", "https://obernolte.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "During today\u2019s U.S. House of Representatives Budget Committee markup of the over $4.3 trillion partisan reconciliation package, U.S. Congressman Jay Obernolte (R-Hesperia) asked the committee to include his Finding Federal Savings Committee Act in the committee\u2019s reconciliation report. The addition was rejected on a party-line vote, but would have created a select committee in the House and Senate to reduce wasteful federal spending and make federal programs more efficient.\n\nWATCH REP. OBERNOLTE\u2019S HEARING REMARKS HERE\n\n\u201cThe federal budget deficit is projected to be over $2.3T this year alone. It will be substantially higher should the bill passed by this committee today become law. Last year our national debt exceeded the size of our total economy for the first time since World War II, and the Congressional Budget Office reports that it will continue to grow at an alarming rate unless action is taken. Until we learn to set aside partisanship and agree on the need to control federal spending, this problem will only become worse,\u201d said Rep. Obernolte.\n\nRep. Obernolte\u2019s Motion to Instruct was modeled on H. Res. 263, his Finding Federal Savings Committee Resolution, which was introduced as his second bill as a member of the House of Representatives in March. The legislation would create a bipartisan committee similar to the Anti-Appropriations Committee established after World War II to identify underperforming and nonessential federal programs and deliver reports to the House of Representatives recommending their modification or possible elimination. The adjustment of these programs would not only significantly decrease federal spending by reducing the size of the federal government but would also help to reduce the budget deficit and, by extension, the national debt.\n\nThe reconciliation bill considered in the House Budget Committee on Saturday is currently slated to spend over $4,300,000,000,000 ($4.3 trillion) federal taxpayer dollars \u2013 higher than the initially proposed $3.5 trillion \u2013 and includes over $2 trillion in tax increases. It is estimated that the bill will add over $2 trillion in debt and cost significantly more than its initial overhead costs over time as a result of significant new government spending.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:17:01Z"]], "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://obernolte.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-obernolte-offers-motion-responsible-spending-budget-committees"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7312712259590626, "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"}