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Today, Congressman Ben Cline (R-VA), Chairman of the Republican Study Committee’s (RSC) Budget and Spending Task Force, led his colleagues in letter a to President Joe Biden demanding answers and accountability on the administration’s Fiscal Year 2024 budget following reports that it will not be submitted to Congress before the statutory deadline of the first Monday in February. This will be the third year in a row that the President has missed the submission deadline, and will likely delay the beginning of the Congressional budget process.

The letter was cosigned by RSC Chairman Kevin Hern (R-OK), Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-WI), Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX), Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC), Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), Rep. Josh Brecheen (R-OK), Rep. Pat Fallon (R-TX), Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA). Rep. Michael Cloud (R-TX) , Rep. Bob Good (R-VA), Rep. Beth Van Duyne (R-TX), Rep. Roger Williams (R-TX), and Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO).

Read more in the letter HERE or below.

January 30, 2023

The Honorable Joseph R. Biden

President of the United States

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20500

Dear Mr. President,

      We write to express our concerns regarding reports that your administration may miss the statutory deadline for submitting a Presidential Budget to Congress for the third year in a row and has no intent to offer a balanced budget.

      The American people have spoken and made it abundantly clear that the United States must no longer be governed in a state of crisis or brinkmanship. They expect their duly elected leaders to take the initiative to ensure that the vital functions of government are managed responsibly and in a timely manner.

      The urgency of our Nation’s fiscal crisis is unprecedented. It is imperative that we move quickly to address skyrocketing inflation, a crippling $31.5 trillion in national debt, and the impending insolvency of our Nation’s major trust funds.

      With the induction of a new Congress, Democrats and Republicans must seize this opportunity to fix our Nation’s unsustainable financial trajectory. That process must begin with your submission of a balanced Presidential Budget to Congress.

      We the undersigned call on your administration to respond to the following questions.

1. Will your administration submit a budget by the statutory deadline? If not, when does your administration plan to submit a budget to Congress?
2. Will your administration’s budget balance in the ten-year budget window? If not, do you not believe the American public deserves a responsible, balanced budget, that does not rely on tax hikes?
3. Why is your administration unable to meet this annual budget proposal obligation?

      As the deadline rapidly approaches for you to submit your Presidential Budget, we ask that you do your job so that we in Congress can begin ours.

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