THIS WEEK, after being the first GOP Senator to come out against the budget and debt deal, Senator Braun continued to hold Washington accountable for its runaway spending and massive debt, worked to scale back an Obama-era overreach hurting Hoosier farmers, hit back against Democrat and mainstream media attacks on Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and passed two resolutions and one bill for Hoosiers through the Senate and on to President Trump’s desk to become law.
On Thursday, Senator Braun joined Neil Cavuto on Fox News’ Your World to explain why he voted against the budget deal that passed earlier that day, citing concerns with Washington’s bloated budget and ballooning debt and promises he made to Hoosiers to vote against runaway spending.
“Believe me, there’s waste and ways to cut one percent or freeze it until we get back in order. Neil, that would be the easiest job any CEO in America would have, any governor, if that’s all you needed to do.”
Before the budget vote, Senator Braun joined Fox Business’s Bulls & Bears to discuss America’s budget crisis and looming debt calamity for seniors and pensioners.
As reported in The Hill, Senator Mike Braun and Iowa Senator Joni Ernst introduced legislation this week to reassert Congressional responsibility over defining the term Waters of the United States (WOTUS), a move Hoosier farmers have been calling for.
“Braun said clarifying the law is something that should rest with Congress. ‘President Trump and his Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are working hard to fix this atrocious Obama-era rule. But as the Administration has repeatedly noted, it’s Congress job to write laws,’ he said in a statement.”
Senator Mike Braun joined St Varney on Fox Business’s Varney & Co. to discuss Democrat and mainstream media attacks on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, charging that the left is attempting to distract from their 2020 platform because they are “embarrassed.”
Senator Braun’s bipartisan bill to put control of the Harmony Way Bridge back into the hands of local Hoosiers and Illinoisans passed the Senate on Thursday, and now heads to President Trump’s desk to be signed into law.
This week, Adam Brandon of the Washington Examiner wrote on the long-term path to fiscal sanity that Senator Braun’s bill with Representative Kevin Brady, the MAP Act, would provide to federal government spending.
“Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, and Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind., have introduced the Maximizing America’s Prosperity (MAP) Act to address the United States’ $22 trillion national debt. The MAP Act would implement a Swiss ‘debt brake’ that caps spending in relation to potential gross domestic product growth, mitigating the need for politically toxic entitlement reform. Fiscal conservatives should be proud to champion the MAP Act.”
For more details about how Senator Braun’s bill to scale back Obama-era government overreach into farmers’ waterways would affect Indiana, read coverage by the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette‘s Brian Francisco.
The Epoch Times did a deep dive into Senator Braun’s solution to runaway government spending and debt by capping, cutting, and balancing the budget.
“‘If enacted, MAP would be sustainable where previous budget control efforts have failed, because it is designed to withstand economic downturns by using potential GDP and emergencies by budgeting a contingency fund,’ [American Commitment President Phil Kerpen said.”
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