Amador County – Congressman Dan Lungren, (R-District 3) who represents Amador County, will be hosting a Town Hall meeting in Calaveras County this week, and will also call in to TSPN to give a Congressional Update.
Lungren is scheduled to appear via telephone on Tuesday’s TSPN TV News program in the noon hour, and plans to give a Congressional Update. He could also discuss Budget negotiations, and the Debt Ceiling.
Lungren plans a Town Hall meeting 10:30 a.m. to noon, Saturday, April 30 in the Tom Sawyer Hall at the Calaveras County Fair Grounds, 101 Frogtown Road in Angels Camp. He announced the Town Hall in a mailer, encouraging people to “ask your questions” and “make your voice heard.”
The “Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act of 2011,” introduced by Lungren, was approved April 5 by the U.S. Senate on an 87-12 vote. After first passing the House, the bill has been sent on to the President for his signature.
Lungren in the circular said: “Our economy needs job creators more than ever and that is my priority. Removing uncertainty and obstacles to that goal – such as unnecessary IRS paperwork mandates – gives the small business community the confidence it needs to plan expansion and hire workers to get the job done.”
He said he is “working to address the fiscal health of the country,” and the growing government debt has become “our biggest national security threat,” according to Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Lungren said: “I believe we must change the way we view the people’s money and Washington’s culture of spending. Before the leadership of the House changed hands, the Democrat majority in the last Congress failed to even produce a budget. Rather than take the steps necessary to address the unsustainable debt and deficit crisis facing our contry, the last Congress punted.”
He said recently, chairman of the House Budget Committee, Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) “introduced a budget that aims to cut spending by more than $6 trillion dollars over the next decade. His plan includes recommendations from the President’s debt commission who released their report at the end of last year.”
Lungren said: “We must reduce the spiraling growth of government in order to increase job creation and create an environment for sustainable economic growth. The good news is there is still time to fix our future fiscal problems gradually and set the country on a sustainable course.”
He said: “If we don’t take prompt action then more painful decisions await us in the not too distant future. It is paramount we face the music now and bring our spending under control. Preserving these programs for future generations to come is our duty.”
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