Budget and Spending Task Force
MEET CHAIRWOMAN BETH VAN DUYNE:
Congresswoman Beth Van Duyne (TX-24)
Assigned to the Ways and Means Subcommittees on Taxation, Trade, Oversight, and Work and Welfare, Beth is focused on delivering solutions to help individuals keep more of what they earn, businesses to expand operations and compete in globally competitive markets, and hold Administration policies and management accountable for actions which are detrimental to U.S. economic expansion or growing prosperity for our families. As a Texan, Beth is particularly interested in fostering policies that will empower our country with an abundant, affordable, and reliable energy supply to lower costs for families and deliver the power needed for our nation to enjoy an expansion of U.S.-based manufacturing. In the 118th Congress, Beth was chosen to serve as Chair of the House Small Business Subcommittee on Oversight, where she concentrated on policies to encourage workforce development and labor participation and conducted rigorous oversight of the Biden-Harris Administration, including its failure to recover tens of billions of dollars in stolen pandemic relief funds. Now, in the 119th Congress, Beth serves as Chairman of the Small Business Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax, and Capital Access
Prior to being elected to Congress, Beth served as Regional Administrator for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Mayor of Irving, Irving City Council Member, and a businesswoman. In 2017, Beth was appointed to serve as the Regional Administrator for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Southwest Region. Working under Secretary Ben Carson, Beth was tasked with overseeing HUD programs and operations in the Region’s five states of Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, where she worked on many of the Trump Administration’s proudest economic successes, such as opportunity zones, and led HUD’s disaster recovery efforts at the southwest border in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.
Before being named Administrator, Beth was the first woman elected to serve as the Mayor of Irving from 2011 to 2017 after beginning her career in public service as an Irving City Council Representative from 2004 to 2010. Under her leadership, the City of Irving witnessed unprecedented economic growth and development with an added 40,000 jobs and an estimated $3 billion in growth and new developments while also being named the fifth safest city in America.
Throughout Beth’s career, she has worked with small startup companies, mid-size private companies and Fortune 500 corporations alike. Beth also ran a consulting business where she helped executives develop strategic business plans as well as negotiation strategies, grassroots coalition building and federal and state legislative policy strategies. After graduating magna cum laude from Cornell University, Beth moved back to Irving, Texas, which has been her home for over 30 years. Proud mother to Katie and Pearce, Beth was only the second Republican woman from Texas to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
MEET OUR MEMBERS:
Rep. Ralph Norman
Rep. Pat Fallon
Rep. Rich McCormick
Rep. Eric Burlison
Rep. Bob Good
Rep. Josh Brecheen
Rep. August Pfluger
Rep. Michael Cloud
Rep. Harriet Hageman
Rep. Erin Houchin
Here is the RSC's FY 2023 Budget.
Here is the RSC's FY 2022 Budget.
"I am honored to serve as the new chair of the Republican Study Committee's Budget and Spending Task Force, and I look forward to working alongside the RSC Chair, Congressman Kevin Hern, to get our Nation back on track. With a new Republican majority, we have an opportunity to make this the budget that is used as a blueprint for advancing conservative principles and common-sense policies. By championing fiscal responsibility, I am confident we can take the steps necessary to restore economic prosperity to our great Nation."
-BSTF RSC Chairman Ben Cline
More on Budget and Spending Task Force
WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, Members of the Republican Study Committee introduced their FY25 Budget proposal: Fiscal Sanity to Save America. The budget proposal was met with strong support from outside groups.
Republican Study Committee Chairman Kevin Hern (OK-01), RSC’s Budget and Spending Task Force Chairman Ben Cline (VA-06), and Members of the Budget and Spending Task Force unveiled the RSC’s Fiscal Year 2025 Budget proposal today, titled “Fiscal Sanity to Save America”.
The RSC Budget is a thorough plan to address our federal spending problem and start paying down our debts. The FY-25 budget balances in just seven years, cuts spending by $17.1 trillion over ten years, and reduces taxes on Americans by $4.2 trillion over ten years.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, RSC Chairman Kevin Hern released the following statement following President Biden’s release of his FY 25 Budget:
WASHINGTON, DC – Republican Study Committee Chairman Kevin Hern (OK-01) and RSC Budget and Spending Task Force Chairman Ben Cline (VA-06) led a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen calling for the Treasury Department to reverse course on a recent rule change allowing for state and local governments to “obligate” funding from the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act past its statutory deadline of December 31, 2024.
WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, Members of the Republican Study Committee introduced their FY 24 Budget proposal: Protecting America's Economic Security. The budget proposal was met with strong support both from Members of Congress and from outside organizations.
WASHINGTON, DC – Republican Study Committee Chairman Kevin Hern (OK-01) and RSC's Budget and Spending Task Force Chairman Ben Cline (VA-06) unveiled the RSC's Fiscal Year 2023 Budget proposal today, titled "Protecting America's Economic Security".
The RSC Budget is a thorough plan to address our federal spending problem and start paying down our debts. The FY '24 budget balances in seven years, cuts spending by $16.3 Trillion over 10 years, and reduces taxes by $5.1 Trillion over 10 years.
WASHINGTON, DC – As the United States approaches a do-or-die debt crisis, Republican Study Committee Chairman Kevin Hern (OK-01) has led RSC Members in pursuit of commonsense spending reforms that should be prioritized in any legislation that increases the federal debt limit.
"Our nation faces a debt crisis unlike anything we've ever seen. Over the last two years of united Democrat control, federal spending has ballooned out of control. In spite of record-high revenues, Democrat spending is leaving us with record-high deficits. Washington doesn't have a revenue problem, we have a spending problem.
WASHINGTON, DC – Republican Study Committee Chairman Kevin Hern (OK-01) released a list of policy proposals sourced from Members of the Republican Study Committee (RSC) to help accomplish the seven priorities previously announced from RSC for debt limit negotiations.
ICYMI: A clean debt ceiling is a gift to China
By Chairman Kevin Hern and Congressman Mark Alford
WASHINGTON, DC – Republican Study Committee Chairman Kevin Hern (OK-01) and RSC Budget and Spending Task Force Chairman Ben Cline (VA-06) led a letter to President Biden this afternoon with members of the Budget and Spending Task Force: Bob Good (VA-05), Roger Williams (TX-25), August Pfluger (TX-11), Ralph Norman (SC-05), Tom Tiffany (WI-07), Beth Van Duyne (TX-24), Byron Donalds (FL-19), Michael Cloud (TX-27), Josh Brecheen (OK-02), Rich McCormick (GA-06), Pat Fallon (TX-04), and Eric Burlison (MO-07).