Eric Burlison: Senate budget bill is a gut punch to fiscal conservatives

(From Seventh District Congressman Eric Burlison)

The rumored Senate version of the budget bill is a gut punch to fiscal conservatives. It torches the House’s modest progress by exploding the deficit while caving on nearly every major reform, including stripping out provisions to remove silencers and short-barreled rifles from the National Firearms Act.

These pathetic revisions stem from two forces: the unelected Senate parliamentarian and moderate Republicans.

The result is a bill that keeps the green energy scam alive, waters down Medicaid reforms, weakens work requirements for welfare, and slashes health savings accounts. I strongly urge the Senate to return to the framework the House passed last month. We must demand dollar-for-dollar offsets to ensure this bill doesn’t add to our already astronomical national debt.

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On Tuesday, the Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency held a hearing titled “Locking in the DOGE Cuts: Ending Waste, Fraud, and Abuse for Good.” DOGE’s findings of $180 billion in wasteful spending strike a chord with the American people who want smaller government and an end to taxpayer waste.

 

I’m fed up with Washington throwing money away on frivolous programs while our national debt hits $37 trillion. It’s disgusting. Every wasted dollar is a debt our kids will be forced to repay.

The message is clear: Congress must cut waste and demand transparency to hold federal agencies accountable.