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Washington,
DC
–
United
States
Senator
Tim
Scott
(R-SC)
made
the
following
statement
about
his
vote
on
the
proposed
budget
agreement:
“I
have
long
said
that
Washington’s
method
of
budgeting
from
crisis
to
crisis
is
no
way
to
run
a
business,
much
less
the
federal
government.
That
kind
of
short-term,
band-aid
budgeting
was
at
the
root
of
October’s
government
shutdown
and
it
certainly
isn’t
the
best
way
for
Congress
to
responsibly
manage
taxpayer
dollars.
“That’s
why
I
was
encouraged
that
Republicans
and
Democrats
were
able
to
sit
down
and
negotiate
a
long-term
budget
agreement
that
actually
makes
tough
choices.
A
two-year
plan
provides
predictability
during
uncertain
times,
but
the
details
of
how
we
get
there
are
just
as
important.
“This
proposal
asks
too
much
from
the
men
and
women
of
our
military,
who
would
be
forced
to
sacrifice
thousands
of
dollars
from
their
retirement
funds.
One
estimate
says
that
a
42-year
old
retiring
as
an
enlisted
E-7
could
lose
over
$70,000
and
a
42-year
old
retiring
at
the
rank
of
Lt.
Colonel
would
lose
nearly
$110,000.
These
heroes
defend
our
freedom
day
after
day
and
we
shouldn’t
ask
them
to
sacrifice
even
more.
“I’m
also
skeptical
about
the
way
this
plan
structures
new
spending
and
savings.
We
will
see
two
years
of
new
spending
up
front
offset
by
savings
spread
over
a
decade.
That
makes
it
all
too
easy
for
Congress
to
undo
those
measures
a
few
years
down
the
road
after
the
new
spending
is
already
out
the
door.
Without
any
guarantee
that
those
savings
will
actually
materialize,
the
price
tag
for
this
proposal
can
easily
increase.
“I’m
encouraged
by
the
willingness
we’ve
seen
from
both
sides
to
sit
down
and
negotiate
a
budget
agreement
for
the
first
time
in
years,
but
the
details
of
this
plan
make
me
unable
to
support
it.”
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