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| http://rokita.house.gov/press-release/release-rokita-budget-legislation-makes-important-reforms-and-takes-obama-reid-future | Release - Rokita: Budget Legislation Makes Important Reforms and Takes Obama-Reid Future ObamaCare Shutdown Off the Table | 2013-12-12 | 2013 | 2013-12 | Republican | House | IN | Todd Rokita | R000592 | rokita.house.gov | legacy | December 12, 2013 Contact: Zach Zagar Phone: (202) 225-5037 E-mail: zach.zagar@mail.house.gov Rokita: Budget Legislation Makes Important Reforms and Takes Obama-Reid Future ObamaCare Shutdown Off the Table Washington, DC – Representative Todd Rokita released the following statement today after voting in favor of bipartisan budget legislation agreed to by Budget Chairmen Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) late Tuesday. The bill passed the House tonight with a strong bipartisan vote. "This budget is a better deal than the current sequestration law because it makes spending reforms that cut more than sequester will and therefore will continue on after sequestration is scheduled to expire. The reforms, and therefore budget savings, start immediately and compound over time. Since mandatory social entitlement spending is driving our debt, this budget is a step in the right direction, and a good springboard for the immense amount of reform work yet to be done. Finally, this budget prevents President Obama and Harry Reid from staging another shutdown so they can distract from the failures of ObamaCare,” Rokita said. Rokita spoke on the House floor in support of the legislation moments before voting for its passage. You can view those remarks here. Key Spending Reforms in the Budget Agreement · Eliminates unemployment benefits for criminals · Ends government payments to the deceased · Requires dead-beat dads to pay their children’s outstanding Medicaid bills · Requires federal employees to contribute more to their retirement - in line with private sector standards · Increases the contribution private companies must pay to guarantee their pension benefits under the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. These important reforms yield $28 billion in additional savings compared to current law. While this is a modest step forward, Rep. Rokita will continue working to enact substantial, structural reforms to the biggest drivers of our debt – Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. For more information on the budget legislation, including legislative texts, please visit the House Budget Committee website here. -30- | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |