We are facing a serious economic downturn in our nation. Unfortunately, the fixes advanced by the congressional leadership and the White House are going down the wrong path. Even the Congressional Budget Office predicted the recent so-called stimulus would result in a net loss to our economy, yet even more federal bailouts and bloated spending may be on the way.
I believe we need to stop the massive growth of government spending and shift our focus to efforts that can truly promote job growth. Here are a few things I am working on to advance economic recovery:
Leading the fight against the second half of the $700 billion Wall Street bailout.
Reducing taxes on families and businesses so that money stays in our economy to help create jobs instead of funding the Washington bureaucracy.
Eliminating duplicative and unnecessary regulations that hinder business growth and create heavy compliance costs.
Focusing our spending on real infrastructure investments that would help promote economic growth and stop spending on wasteful projects like new cars for federal employes that were included in the so-called stimulus bill.
29th - | Vitter Announces Senate Banking Committee Hearing on Stanford to be Held in Baton Rouge |
28th - | Vitter Issues Statement on Stanford IG Report |
16th - | Vitter Calls for Senate Banking Hearing on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac |
30th - | Vitter Requests Senate Banking Hearing on Stanford Case |
25th - | Vitter Introduces Legislation to Keep Highway Projects Going |
23rd - | Vitter Introduces Legislation to Use Rejected Stimulus Money to Pay Down National Debt |
19th - | Vitter Comments on SEC’s Action Against Stanford |
17th - | Vitter Comments on Obama’s New Proposed Financial Rules |
10th - | Vitter Urges Further Action on TARP Repayments |
15th - | Vitter Op-ed in Washington Times: "Gauging Sotomayor's philosophy" |
12th - | Vitter’s View: Rewarding Employees Who Go the Extra Mile |
8th - | Vitter Op-ed in Washington Times: "Capping pay, sapping incentives" |
20th - | Vitter’s View: A No Cost Stimulus |
16th - | Vitter Op-ed in Human Events: "The No-Cost Stimulus Act" |
9th - | Vitter Op-ed in Houma Courier "President Obama’s budget: the anti-stimulus" |
6th - | Obama Budget Bad for Louisiana Jobs and Family Budgets |