Issue Position: Fiscal Policy

Issue Position

Our federal budget is a disaster, and everyone knows it. We've somehow managed to end up with a $19 trillion debt even though Republicans controlled the House of Representatives for the past 6 years (although we've only controlled the Senate since the election of 2014). Instead of passing budgets under "regular order", Congress has resorted to omnibus spending bills, which give the president too much power and promotes bigger and bigger deficits.

Tom is not afraid to voted no on bad budgets, even those supported by Republican leadership here in Richmond. Last year he was the only vote against a budget that was too big, and used tax payer money to help the state compete directly against small business owners in the Commonwealth. Tom didn't put up with it in Richmond, and he won't put up with it in D.C. Tom will continue to do the right thing and vote for fiscal responsibility and less spending in Congress.

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