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Washington, DC - Republican Study Committee Chairman Mark Walker released the following statement on Defense and Labor-HHS-Education appropriations:
"Coming off the conference report of the last minibus, House Republican priorities were shut out across the board. In the next round of appropriations, conservatives are looking for the conferenced legislation to reflect conservative policy riders such as the ones in the House bill. Unless this is done, many of our members will find it difficult to support this funding."
Washington - The Steering Committee of the Republican Study Committee released the following statement as the Farm Bill is expected to be voted on by the Senate:
"As the Senate considers passage of the Farm Bill, they should include the work and job training requirements as passed in the House version. Work and job training requirements will break countless men and women from the cycle of poverty. These requirements are about hope, not judgement. We do not want any American to say they never had a chance to succeed. For this reason, many House conservatives will not consider any conferenced version of the Farm Bill that does not include beneficial work and job training reforms to SNAP."
Washington - Republican Study Committee Chairman Mark Walker released the following statement praising the passage of spending rescissions in the House of Representatives:
"One thing I've learned in Washington is that politicians like unspent money to be held in bloated government accounts so they can use it later as a way to expand the size of government, hiding it from their constituents. Today, we say no more and that unspent government money should be returned to the taxpayers. This rescission package, a procedure used by Republican and Democratic administrations, represents the largest use of this tool to cut wasteful spending in history.
Washington - Republican Study Committee Chairman Mark Walker release the following statement praising passage of the FIRST STEP Act (H.R. 5682):
"America's prison system routinely turns low level offenders into hardened, repeat offenders. The FIRST STEP Act takes important steps to reverse this trend by expanding education and job training opportunities for prisoners, offering them a much-needed hand up to once again become productive members of society. Justice is not the same as heavy-handedness. The American story is a history of second chances, that's why we must always ensure that after debts are paid, the path to redemption is paved."
Washington - Republican Study Committee Chairman Mark Walker released the following statement supporting President Trump's announcement of the Protect Life Rule to Title X funding:
"Americans overwhelmingly support a prohibition of taxpayer funding for abortion. I applaud President Trump for keeping this key promise to voters, strengthening the wall between government funding and abortion industry giants like Planned Parenthood and adding protections for victims of sexual assault and human trafficking. With not one penny cut from family planning services, we can protect the value of every human life and place the interest and health of women ahead of the abortion agenda."
Washington: Republican Study Committee Chairman Mark Walker released the following statement praising President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the Iran Nuclear Deal:
"President Trump made the right decision in withdrawing from the Iran Nuclear Deal. Nobody should be surprised that the deal failed to rein in the world's largest sponsor of terrorism. At its core, the deal was destined to fail due to its inability to curb the Iranian Regime's expansionist and destabilizing goals in the greater Middle East. The unsurprising revelations from Israeli intelligence only confirm the deal's failure. Americans continue to back the President's robust agenda to support our key allies in the region and contain the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps."
Washington - The Steering Committee of the Republican Study Committee, today, adopted the following resolution in support of President Donald Trump's rescissions package:
"President Trump's proposal for spending rescissions are a fulfillment of Republican promises to bend the spending curve in the right direction. As the largest conservative caucus in the House of Representatives, the Republican Study Committee fully supports this effort by the Administration to cut nonessential budget items that the American people simply do not want to pay for.
Washington - Republican Study Committee (RSC) Chairman Mark Walker and RSC Budget and Spending Task Force Chairman Tom McClintock, today, released the RSC's annual budget proposal for FY 2019 entitled "A Framework for Unified Conservatism." The latest iteration of the RSC's hallmark policy product balances in eight years while fully funding defense at President Donald Trump's requested funding levels.
Washington - Republican Study Committee Chairman Mark Walker released the following statement in response to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's refusal to back a rescissions package:
Washington - Republican Study Committee Chairman Mark Walker released the following statement after the Balanced Budget Amendment failed to pass on the House Floor:
"Today's vote shows that Democrats' newfound rhetoric of caring about our debt is just empty words based in political opportunism. While it certainly is a disappointment that a Balanced Budget Amendment was blocked by Democrats, this cannot be the the end of our efforts to get America back on the right fiscal track. With the recent $1.3 trillion budget-busting omnibus, we must renew our efforts to tackle the spending crisis by repealing and replacing Obamacare, reforming our welfare programs and rescinding unneeded appropriations."