U.S. Congressman John Boehner
President’s Budget: “It Is Time for Washington to Deal with Its Spending Problem”
Video of Press Conference 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman John Boehner (R-West Chester) made the following remarks at a press conference with Republican leaders today discussing President Obama’s budget: 

“House Republicans passed a balanced budget that will help foster a healthier economy and to help create jobs.  Unfortunately, the president’s budget never comes to balance.  Every family has to balance its budget, Washington should as well. 

“The American people know you can’t continue to spend money that you don’t have.  The federal government has spent more than what it has brought in in 55 of the last 60 years.  Now think about this, you can’t continue to go on like this.  That’s why we came forward with a plan that will balance the budget over the next 10 years.  We believe strongly that it is time for Washington to deal with its spending problem. 

“And while the president has backtracked on some of his entitlement reforms that were in conversations that we had a year and a half ago, he does deserve some credit for some incremental entitlement reforms that he has outlined in his budget.  But I would hope that he would not hold hostage these modest reforms for his demand for bigger tax hikes.  Listen, why don’t we do what we can agree to do?  Why don’t we find the common ground that we do have and move on that? 

“The president got his tax hikes in January, we don’t need to be raising taxes on the American people.  So I’m hopeful in the coming weeks we’ll have an opportunity, through the budget process, to come to some agreement.” 

See the video at House.gov