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Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today released the following statement in response to the House Budget Committee’s introduction of its fiscal year 2016 budget proposal, A Balanced Budget for a Stronger America: 

“America cannot afford to continue down this unsustainable path; we are more than $18 trillion in debt.  Even more concerning is that 66 percent of our spending is going out the door automatically – without any oversight – to finance mandatory programs and the interest on our debt.  We cannot solve our financial crisis by cutting discretionary spending alone.  This House Budget recognizes that and takes the important and necessary steps to get America back on track and ensure that we are spending responsibly, purposefully, and within our means, just like families across the Third District of Arkansas and all over the country have to do.  I applaud its introduction.”

Congressman Steve Womack has represented Arkansas’s Third Congressional District since 2011 and serves on the House Appropriations Defense, Financial Services and General Government, and Labor-Health and Human Services subcommittees and the House Committee on the Budget.

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