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Protecting Hardworking Taxpayers and Getting Our Fiscal House in Order

The current budget deficit, created by generations of lawmakers in Washington, is a serious problem that did not get created overnight and will not get solved overnight either. But by working together, we can take commonsense steps that will move our country in the right direction.

Like so many across our district, I learned at a young age that balancing the family pocketbook and living within our means is a question of values. I believe that what we cannot do is balance the federal budget on the backs of middle class families, seniors, students and veterans while cutting taxes for big oil companies, corporations that ship our jobs overseas and millionaires and billionaires on Wall Street.

What we can, and should do, is start by rooting out instances of government waste, fraud and abuse so that we can strengthen Medicare and expand Social Security.

That’s why as my first piece of legislation, I introduced the Government Waste Reduction Act, a common sense bill that would reduce duplicative services and root out waste in government, while preserving crucial services and programs. And in 2015, I introduced and passed The Improper Payments Coordination Act to save taxpayer dollars by utilizing 21st century data analytics to eliminate improper payments and rein in waste and fraud across federal agencies.

There’s still a lot of work ahead to get Washington in order, but I’m committed to using my watchdog role in Congress to protect hardworking taxpayers.

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News

May 12, 2014

Long Overdue Action to Protect Taxpayer Money

Every year, report after report is cranked out concluding the same thing – too many federal government programs are inefficient, costly, ineffective or all of the above. And yet, year after year, these conclusions are largely ignored. As a consequence, billions of dollars are wasted while many programs continue to operate without concrete goals or […]

Press Release

April 10, 2014

Bustos Votes Against Ryan Budget That Would End Medicare As We Know It

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (IL-17) released the following statement after voting again against a budget offered by Congressman Paul Ryan that would end Medicare as we know it and raise seniors’ health care costs: “Standing up for Illinois middle class families is my top priority and that is why I voted today […]

Press Release

April 1, 2014

Congresswoman Cheri Bustos Statement on Ryan Budget

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Cheri Bustos released the following statement after Congressman Paul Ryan, the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, released his latest budget proposal: “Today’s misguided proposal from Paul Ryan once again attempts to balance the budget on the backs of hardworking Illinois middle class families, seniors and students. It raises the cost […]

Press Release

February 19, 2014

Bustos Continues Fight To Protect Social Security, Seniors & Veterans From Benefit Cuts

Today, Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (IL-17) led a group of 117 members of the U.S. House of Representatives in urging President Obama to rule out cuts to Social Security and veterans’ benefits in his upcoming budget proposal for next year. In the letter, Bustos and her colleagues called on the President to avoid using the […]