EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20503
February 15, 2011
(House)
STATEMENT OF ADMINISTRATION POLICY
H.R. 1
– Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011
(Rep.
Rogers, R-Kentucky)
The Administration strongly
opposes House passage of H.R. 1, making appropriations for the Department of
Defense and the other departments and agencies of the Government for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2011, and for other purposes. The Administration
is committed to cutting spending and reducing the deficit so that current
government spending does not add to the debt and has put forward a plan to do
just that. However, the Administration does not support deep cuts that
will undermine our ability to out-educate, out-build, and out-innovate the rest
of the world. The bill proposes cuts that would sharply undermine core
government functions and investments key to economic growth and job creation,
and would reduce funding for the Department of Defense to a level that would
leave the Department without the resources and flexibility needed to meet vital
military requirements. If the President is presented with a bill that
undermines critical priorities or national security through funding levels or
restrictions, contains earmarks, or curtails the drivers of long-term economic
growth and job creation while continuing to burden future generations with
deficits, the President will veto the bill.
The Administration looks forward
to working with the Congress to refine the legislation to allow critical
government functions to operate without interruption for the remainder of the
fiscal year underway.
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