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Washington
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U.S.
Senator
Tim
Scott
(R-SC)
released
the
statement
below
regarding
President
Obama’s
Fiscal
Year
2017
budget
proposal.
Obama’s
proposal
comes
a
week
late,
marking
the
seventh
time
in
eight
years
he
has
missed
the
budget
deadlines
codified
by
the
Congressional
Budget
and
Impoundment
Control
Act
of
1974.
“President
Obama’s
final
budget
proposal
raises
taxes,
focuses
on
new
spending
and
ignores
our
$19
trillion
debt.
While
far
from
a
surprise,
it
is
extremely
disappointing
that
instead
of
submitting
a
proposal
to
actually
address
our
fiscal
concerns,
the
President
has
simply
created
a
liberal
wish
list.
There
is
no
doubt
it
is
DOA
upon
arrival
in
Congress.
Moving
forward,
we
must
create
a
budget
that
brings
fiscal
sanity
back
to
our
nation,
and
does
not
pass
the
mistakes
made
by
free
spenders
in
Washington
down
to
the
American
people."
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