Spending Cuts and Debt

For those who missed my live telephone town hall last week, you can catch a full replay using the link below. We covered a wide variety of topics, including discussions on the recent work the DOGE is doing and our nation's massive debt problem. Lots of great caller questions as well! Read more »

Washington, D.C. – On Friday, Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) reintroduced the Fair-Value Accounting and Budget Act and the Cost Openness and Spending Transparency (COST) Act. The Fair-Value Accounting and Budget Act is co-sponsored by Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Rep. Randy Weber (R-TX), and Rep. Keith Self (R-TX). The bill has the support of the National Taxpayers Union, Heritage Action,… Read more »

Update on the SAVE Act + the Continuing Resolution:  Stopping illegal immigrants from voting in our elections is still my top priority—that’s why House Republicans should absolutely use our leverage in the September spending fight to protect our elections! The good news is Congress already passed the SAVE Act on a bipartisan basis back in July. The bill simply requires states to… Read more »

The Daily Caller—Before 2011, earmarks were a frequent source of corruption and furthering of personal agendas by Members of Congress. In 2011, Congress passed a temporary ban on earmarks, which every session of Congress renewed–until recently. In January 2021, after a decade-long moratorium, Congress returned earmarks under the guise of “Community Project Funding.” Aptly known as… Read more »

Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday, Rep. Ralph Norman (SC-05) reintroduced the Earmark Elimination Act. The Earmark Elimination Act would permanently ban federal earmarks. Background An earmark is an item in appropriations bills or large spending packages that designates money for a specific special interest group or project while avoiding the typical merit-based or… Read more »

Talking the economy, spending, and what’s to come in Congress this morning on Fox Business with Maria Bartiromo. Read more »

In the time it takes you to read this post, our national debt will have increased $15 million. You all need to understand just how serious this issue is. Compounding the problem is that -- except for a small group of conservatives -- there is NO DESIRE in Washington to deal with this crisis. We're now spending so much that another trillion dollars is added to our national debt… Read more »

EARMARKS ARE EVIL. Here are some highlights of the worst-of-the-worst earmarks in Chuck Schumer’s +1,000 page spending rampage. And keep in mind, we will be borrowing the money to pay for these pet-projects… 1. $1.6 million for “artist living and working space” in New York. No offense to NY, but I think y'all have some more urgent matters to attend to. 2. $1 million to expand a LGBT… Read more »

This year, the amount of money we’ll pay on INTEREST ALONE to service our national debt will exceed what we’re spending to fund the entire U.S. military. That’s according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Let that sink in for a moment.  What we’ll spend this year to operate the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, National Guard, Coast Guard, and Space Force… take all those… Read more »

A handful of reporters have asked why I voted against the aid package for Israel last week. Obviously, I’m not opposed to the concept of assistance for Israel, but friends we’re $34 trillion dollars in the hole with deficits spiraling out of control. We can’t even pay our own bills without borrowing substantial amounts of money at inflated interest rates. There’s NO DISCUSSION about any… Read more »