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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 30, 2009
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FISCAL YEAR 2009 SPENDING PRODUCES MORE GOVERNMENT
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Gregg Harper (R–Miss.) issued the following statement today as Fiscal Year 2009 ends on September 30, 2009 with federal government spending, deficits and debt at record highs.
“Seven brief months after President Obama signed his $787 billion so-called ‘stimulus’ into law, the economy continues to rapidly lose jobs as the national unemployment rate approaches 10 percent. The only sign of growth can be found in the federal government’s workforce, which has gained over 25,000 new employees across 14 major agencies – including hires just to oversee ‘stimulus’ spending.
“As we end this fiscal year of record deficits, the President’s misguided budget calls for more spending and is expected to run up nearly $9 trillion in deficits over the next 10 years. Taxpayers continue to express their disapproval with wasteful federal government spending. I stand with the taxpayers in saying we should begin fixing our economy by making tough decisions today instead of burying our kids and grandkids with future government debt.”
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A conservative man of faith and integrity, Congressman Gregg Harper took the Oath of Office in January 2009 to serve the citizens of Mississippi’s Third Congressional District. Prior to being sworn-in, his peers elected him as the freshman on the Republican Steering Committee in the House of Representatives. Gregg is the only Republican freshman appointed by Republican Leader John Boehner to the Committee on House Administration and also sits on the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on the Budget, the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct and the Joint Committee on the Library. Gregg currently resides in Pearl with his wife of 30 years, Sidney, and their two children, Livingston and Maggie, where the Harpers are active members of Crossgates Baptist church.
