Rep. Craig Supports Bipartisan Bill to Responsibly Cut Government Spending, Improve Critical Programs

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Angie Craig recently co-sponsored the Fighting Budget Waste Act to responsibly cut government spending and save taxpayers money. This bill will require the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to review the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) annual report on federal programs with fragmented or redundant goals from the prior year in order to make them more efficient and reduce costs.

“We should be working to root out waste, fraud and abuse in our government and save taxpayers money. It's just common sense,” said Rep. Craig. “But we have to do it in a thoughtful way that strengthens critical programs instead of making across-the-board cuts that jeopardize Minnesotans access to the services they rely on. That’s what this bipartisan bill will do.”

Rep. Craig has led the charge to cut wasteful government spending and save Minnesotans money. Last month, she introduced the bipartisan Leveraging Integrity and Verification of Eligibility for (LIVE) Beneficiaries Act with Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) to prevent Medicaid payments for deceased beneficiaries. This commonsense legislation would require states to check the Social Security Administration’s Death Master File database on a quarterly basis and verify that Medicaid patients are not deceased and still properly enrolled in the program.

The Fighting Budget Waste Act was co-introduced by Reps. Chris Pappas (D-NH), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Zach Nunn (R-IA), Daniel Webster (R-FL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Ed Case (D-HI). 

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