The Omnibus Appropriations for FY2015 that passed the House tonight is by no means a perfect bill, but I can tell you the positives far outweigh the negatives. As with every bill, I approached this vote from first a constitutional perspective. Secondly, I considered it from a business owner’s perspective, meaning that the positives had to offset the negatives by at least a 70 to 30 ratio. After my team and I combed through the entire bill, we determined it contained measures that were incredibly important to our nation. Some of the provisions I was most pleased included: • $60 Million budget cut to the Environment Protection Agency ($126 million under the President’s request) • $345.6 budget cut to the Internal Revenue Service • $133 million Cuts the Department of Education and elimination of the President’s Race to the Top initiative which incentivized participation in common core • The restriction of the application of the Clean Water Act in including farm ponds and irrigation ditches. • Prohibition of the United Nation Arms Trade Treaty • Prevention of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating lead ammunition • The funding of the Department of Homeland Security only until February 2015 (Ensures that we have a Republican Senate and House when we face our immigration issues and President Obama’s executive orders) To see more positives and negatives go to mullin.house.gov/sites/mullin.house.gov/files/TheOmnibusAppropriationsforFiscalYear2015.pdf
Posted on: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 03:31:52 +0000
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