Today’s Agenda

Senator Lee has sevarel radio appearences today and will be featured on Fox’s “On the Record” tonight.  He meets with the nominee to be the ambassador to Mexico, and prepares for the week with staff. 

From the Senator’s Desk

“First, Congress must make immediate spending cuts that will significantly reduce the deficit. Next, it must enact spending caps that put the federal government on a glide path toward a balanced budget. And finally, Congress must pass a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution that forces Congress to spend no more than it takes in each year, limits spending as a percentage of the GDP, and requires a supermajority to increase taxes or raise the debt ceiling.

“This is a common-sense proposal for dealing with the most significant economic and fiscal crisis since the Great Depression. It directly addresses the fundamental problems of a system that encourages overspending and unsustainable borrowing. The hard choices can no longer be put off. We must take action immediately.

“To that end, we have both signed the “Cut, Cap, and Balance Pledge,” which commits signers to oppose any increase in the nation’s debt ceiling until all three of the plan’s conditions have been satisfied. We believe the federal government should not plunge the country deeper into debt unless it first directly addresses the underlying problem and makes fundamental structural changes to the way Washington spends taxpayer money.”  From Hatch and Lee: Take the pledge

Around the Water Cooler

Debt Debate: “GOP adds constitutional amendment to budget fight”

Social Security: “So, if the checks stop coming, it will be the president who decided to stop them. That’s not a hard message to get across.”

POTUS: The President threatens to veto spending cuts and a balanced budget

A Look Ahead

Senator Lee will be on “Fox and Friends” tomorrow morning and meets with the National Campaign to Stop Violence, and the Utah Association on Conservation Districts.  The ENR hearing will review “The Future of Natural Gas,” and Lee holds his weekly press tele-conference for Utah media.