Randy,I read your latest newsletter.
Federal Government Funding for 2013 You voted for a Continuing Resolution to fund the Federal government for the remainder of 2013. You did so because the continued resolution contains real spending cuts. As I understand it, it also replaces the Sequester. The Sequester also has real spending cuts. How do the cuts on the Continuing Resolution compare with those of the Sequester? When we talk money, numbers are very important, and I don't think that point should have been neglected.
A Continuing Resolution by the House is meaningless without agreement of the Senate and the President. You make no comment on the probability of obtaining such agreement, which seems to me also as another key point.
Federal Budget You also say that Congress will be working on a new budget. You imply that preparation of such a budget is the key issue, with further implication that it's passage is a foregone conclusion. Obviously, nothing is further from the truth. In the last few days, Ryan has proposed a Republican budget, and the Democrats have today proposed a Democratic budget.
The Ryan budget includes a repeal of Obamacare. There is no way that the President will ever approve such a bill, and with a strong Democratic Senate, there seems no way to override a Presidential veto with a two thirds majority. In effect, the Ryan budget appears futile.
As I understand it, the Democratic budget does not include repeal of Obamacare and includes many so-called "investment" expenses, or in effect, continues to travel on the same course of budget deficit and accumulation of national debt.
The House controls the Federal government purse strings. If the House does not approve, the Democratic budget will have no chance. Hopefully, the Republicans will be strong enough to resist its passage, even to the extent of shutting down the Federal government. In case you were worried about this, the Italian Federal government has been shut down several times and the country of Italy still exists. A US Federal government shutdown would not be as catastrophic as is generally implied.
Fuel Efficiency Congratulations on your bill to allow farmers to increase the amount of fuel they can transport. This is a relatively small but yet very important aspect of eliminating unnecessary restrictive rules on any business. Please keep up the good work.
UN Arms Treaty Congratulations also on your opposition to the United Nations Arms Treaty, which by international law would then make it illegal for US citizens to bear arms. This would be contrary to our Constitution and should be fought with all fervor, even to the extent of withdrawing from the United Nations if necessary..
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