Wednesday, March 11, 2009

In Their Own Words...

While American taxpayers are looking for answers regarding the billions of dollars in earmarks included in the new $787 billion federal stimulus package as well as the $410 billion omnibus bill signed today by President Obama, Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag had this to say….

“You should not expect, and you will not be receiving, definitive answers from me.”

“If we can’t expect answers from President Obama’s Budget Director while he testifies before the Senate Finance Committee, and we can’t get them from President Obama himself, exactly who in the Obama Administration is being held accountable for his campaign trail promise to go through the federal budget line by line removing earmarks?” asked RPOF Chairman Jim Greer. “Republicans have been repeatedly criticized for saying ‘No’ to the Obama Administration, while it’s actually President Obama saying ‘No’ – to any answering any questions. I think it’s about time the American taxpayers said ‘No’ to footing the bill.”