Senate Appropriations chairman slams GOP's proposed spending cuts as 'arbitrary'

[Joanne98]

Source: The Hill

Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), the chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has slammed a House spending measure containing billions of dollars in cuts, saying it would impede the federal government from completing even its most core functions.

Inouye also signaled that the House legislation to fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year, which as of now looks to trim $61 billion in spending, looked like more of a political stunt than sober governing.

“There is no doubt that we must find a way to reduce our deficit and put America back on the path to a balanced budget. Part of the solution will be to eliminate programs that are no longer necessary, and to improve the efficiency of those that are,” Inouye said in a Tuesday statement. “But many of the reductions proposed by the House were made not because programs were ineffective or wasteful, but out of desire to meet an arbitrary dollar figure cited during a political campaign.”

The House is set to have an open debate on its spending measure starting on Tuesday, with lawmakers already having filed hundreds of amendments.



Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/budget/144211-inouye-slams-house-spending-cuts

[nykym]

1. it seems as though

republicans are slashing programs that they believe have wronged them in some way!
Juan Williams = NPR
EPA = tighter regulations for our good and well being
Taxes = making the rich pay more
and so on.

[SkyDaddy7]

2. Yes, you are correct...

They do target suff as sense of revenge!

[nyy1998]

3. It's going to interesting to see what the Senate does to counter Paul Ryan nt