ICYMI: Congressman Tim Moore Joins MSNBC’s Morning Joe to Discuss the House Budget Resolution and Fiscal Responsibility
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congressman Tim Moore (NC-14), a member of the House Budget and Financial Services Committees, joined Morning Joe on MSNBC to discuss the House Budget Committee’s new resolution to rein in reckless spending, address the growing national debt, and restore fiscal responsibility in Washington.
Watch the full interview here.
On today’s Budget Committee Markup:
"We feel very solid about the votes. Chairman Jodey Arrington has done an amazing job working within the committee. Speaker Johnson has really done an excellent job in trying to bring together all the various opinions that are there to really come up with something that will bring consensus, and this budget does that."
"This budget is going to do a lot of great things by finally getting a handle on runaway spending. This national debt right now, it’s out of control — did you realize our national debt, the interest on it is higher than our entire defense budget? It's posing a serious danger to our nation's security."
On Tax Cuts and Economic Growth:
"We did not get here as a country overnight, and it cannot be fixed overnight, which is why we had to address the debt ceiling immediately. But when it comes to tax cuts—when these tax cuts were adopted in 2017, they actually produced a trillion more in revenue than originally projected. I believe, as a fiscal conservative, that by cutting taxes, by keeping taxes low, you spur economic activity, which will help the economy move along and thereby actually result in increased revenue."
"We did it in our state legislature, we showed it worked, and there's no reason that it can't work at the federal level."
On Energy Independence and Inflation:
"We've seen these last four years where spending has just spiraled out of control. Some of your earlier stories have talked about some of the inflationary impacts that people are having. All this is adding to it."
"One other thing that this budget bill will also do is it's going to spur energy independence for the United States. If we can exploit and provide more energy, the resources that we have, that's going to do a lot to lower inflation and to really turn our economy around."