Rep. Boebert hawks for fiscal efficiency as she says Washington bureaucrats ‘spend, spend, spend’

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By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice

Despite ever-rising inflationary pricing on everything from milk to meat, Americans are tightening their belts and living within a family budget. Washington should do the same, U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert said during a Wednesday evening appearance on “Stinchfield Tonight”.

President Joe Biden’s self-named “Bidenomic” economy pushed many Americans to the brink, she says, with “record inflation” that has “decimated our bank and retirement accounts” and resulted in increases to such commodities as gasoline, utilities and groceries, “making it so hard for Americans to live,” Boebert complained.

The President had recently asked Congress for another $24 billion in aid for Ukraine, which would have lifted the total aid to $199 billion. The plea was rejected.

“The American people spoke in November and made it clear that they want President [Donald J.] Trump to take the reins, or more exact, the purse strings,” she said, while noting that’s not constitutionally the role of the presidency. “That’s what we should be doing in Congress. Joe Biden should not have had as much power over those purse strings as he has in these past four years.”

Mr. Trump has pledged to implement a new Department of Government Efficiency [DOGE] which aims to reduce spending and waste. Some have targeted $2 trillion in cuts during the first year, led by entrepreneurs and businessmen Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.

“I’m not surprised President Biden is begging Congress for more money, that all of these bureaucrats, unelected officials and appointees are saying spend, spend, spend while Americans are suffering,” Boebert said.

She noted how government works in Colorado, and how it could in Washington.

“Even the Colorado state legislature balances their budget,” she said. “Now, I don’t agree with how they balance it or where they actually send the funds, but at least there’s a constitutional amendment for our state to balance our budget.”

In Texas, when Gov. Rick Perry was facing deficits, he mandated 5% cuts across the board in government, and then called for it again. It led to the Texas renewal of fiscal health and Perry to become the state’s most tenured governor, before a presidential run in 2016. In Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed nearly $1 billion in approved spending this year and approved $6 billion in tax cuts to make his state one of the strongest in the nation.

“If we don’t buckle down on our spending, on our debt, and actually pay for things, and [stop] pretending we can just print more money, there won’t be an America to stand for our allies and the rest of the world,” Boebert said, continuing a discussion with Grant Stinchfield that positions her as one of the leading fiscal hawks in Washington. “We have got to put America first, and that’s why I’m so eager for our Republican majority in Congress and President Trump to rightfully return to the White House.”

The U.S. House has formed a Delivering Outstanding Government Efficiency [DOGE] Caucus with bipartisan membership, and a subcommittee called Delivering on Government Efficiency [DOGE].

“The best is yet to come,” Boebert promised.