Rep. Kelly Votes to Oppose Budget Deal

WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA) – a member of the House Ways and Means Committee – issued the following statement this evening after voting in opposition to H.R. 1314, the Bipartisan Budget Agreement of 2015.

“My constituents sent me to Washington to stop the federal government from spending away our children and grandchildren’s futures. Fiscal responsibility has been a guiding principle of mine since my first day in office. After close review, I believe this particular budget deal will reverse the important progress we’ve made in Congress over the last five years and push Washington’s spending problem in the wrong direction. Unlike other agreements in the past, this deal includes no spending caps or reforms to help tackle our nation’s long-term debt crisis but instead removes the debt ceiling for the rest of this presidency. I simply cannot support such a bill, and this evening, I voted against it.”