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Washington –
U.S.
Senator
Tim
Scott
(R-SC)
released
the
following
statement
today
regarding
legislation
to
raise
the
debt
ceiling
and
reopen
the
federal
government.
“What
we
have
learned
from
the
past
three
weeks
is
clear
–
we
have
deep,
underlying
issues
in
how
our
nation
budgets
and
spends.
Ending
the
government
shutdown
is
a
good
thing;
however,
raising
the
debt
ceiling
with
absolutely
zero
offsetting
reductions
in
spending
is
the
poster
child
for
the
lack
of
fiscal
foresight
that
is
common
place
in
Washington.
“There
is
a
process
in
place
for
establishing
a
budget
and
appropriating
dollars
each
year,
and
unfortunately
that
framework
has
simply
been
ignored
for
years
now.
Instead,
patchwork,
crisis-to-crisis
government
has
taken
over,
ensuring
duplicative
and
wasteful
programs
do
not
receive
the
scrutiny
they
deserve.
How
can
we
possibly
hope
to
restore
some
fiscal
sanity
to
our
nation
when
we
continue
to
simply
extend
every
program
all
at
once?
“We
must
stop
saddling
our
kids
and
grandkids
with
more
and
more
debt,
and
instead
take
steps
to
grow
their
opportunities. Though
the
constant
gridlock
may
make
it
appear
to
be,
finding
solutions
is
not
rocket
science. The
GAO
has
identified hundreds
of billions
of
dollars
of
federal
spending on
programs
that
are
duplicative - let’s
start
saving
there.
For
example, last
year
we
spent
$20
million
that
went
to
create
reality
TV
shows
in
India.
“Businesses
plan
for
years
at
a
time
–
government
should
do
the
same. Let’s
take
smart
steps
to
rework
our
tax
code
and
grow
our
economy. We
can
unleash
America’s
potential
by
getting
our
finances
in
order,
improving
our
education
system
and
ensuring
our
small
business
owners
and
their
employees
have
the
opportunity
to
innovate.
The
past
few
weeks
have
shown
us
the
time
to
do
this
is
now.”
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