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Rep. Brian Babin (R-Woodville) wants everyone to get on board with a newly proposed, GOP-backed budget proposal to help trim the national debt.
"Since I was elected in 2014, our national debt has increased by more than $10T," Babin said in a May 19 Twitter post. "For the sake of America's future, we must make drastic changes to the way we spend."
The proposal would bring balance to the debt, Babin said.
"The #RSCBudget will bring balance in just five years, eliminate the deficit and more," he said. "Let's reclaim our fiscal future!"
Babin represents Texas' 36th Congressional District, which includes Newton, Jasper, Tyler, Polk, Orange, Hardin, Liberty and Chambers Counties, and portions of southeastern Harris County.
Babin's concerns about the national debt are not new. In December, he opposed former President Donald Trump's call to increase the $1,400 stimulus checks to $2,000, stating "we have a deficit spending problem."
Shortly before Babin's Twitter post, the House Republican Study Committee released its fiscal year 2022 budget proposal entitled "Reclaiming Our Fiscal Future," which examines the condition of the federal government since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
The proposal, the GOP's answer to President Joe Biden's $2.3 trillion infrastructure spending bill, claims it would slash $14.4 trillion within the next 10 years and cut taxes by $1.9 trillion.
The proposal also claims the GOP's budget will reduce spending on mandatory programs and it also advocates for block grants to pay for Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program.
The proposal also calls for trillions in cuts to Medicaid spending by $2.5 trillion while reducing other health program spending, including Medicaid, by $3.3 trillion — a move RSC members argue will help keep the programs solvent.
The proposal does not mention cuts to corporate welfare but would eliminate "corporate cronyism," including getting rid of the Export-Import Bank, which funnels subsidies on certain American exports. The proposal also would eliminate "high rates of taxation on investments and savings."
The proposal is what the people want, U.S. Rep. Jim Banks (R-Indiana), who chairs the Republican Study Committee, told the New York Post.
"The American people are begging for fiscal conservative leadership and the Republican Study Committee is giving them just that, our budget balances and five years it’s the most pro-life budget RSC has ever put forward," Banks said. "Meanwhile, the Democrats have failed the basic most fundamental test for any party in power to produce any budget proposal at all. So, just like last Congress, the RSC budget is the only game in town."