Government spending stays high as Congress avoids changes

Daily Report March 11,2025

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During a recent appearance on Newsmax TV’s “National Report,” Representative Rich McCormick (R-GA) expressed his dissatisfaction with the continuing resolution’s spending levels and questioned the likelihood of meaningful change in the coming year.

This bill is not what the American people had in mind when they voted last November. We are still spending too much, and the level of waste, fraud, and abuse is too high. While the President can – and should – save your hard earned tax dollars through the recission process, we…

— Congressman Rich McCormick, MBA MD (@RepMcCormick) March 11, 2025

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The Georgia Republican voiced skepticism about the potential for different outcomes, noting that congressional composition would remain largely unchanged, save for a few additional votes from special elections. “I think they’re going to have to rely on Democrat votes, quite frankly, because I think there [are] enough people that are concerned about the CR, the fact that we had four months, four months since the election to prepare for this, to actually get something passed without doing a CR,” McCormick stated.

During his appearance, McCormick highlighted the ongoing pattern of continuing resolutions throughout his three-year tenure in Congress. He emphasized that spending remains at COVID-era levels, with annual expenditures reaching $7 trillion against revenue of only $5 trillion, creating a concerning deficit exceeding 30%. While expressing his desire to avoid a government shutdown, McCormick stressed the importance of responsible fiscal management and proper appropriations processes.

Rep. Rich McCormick says he’d END free lunch for poor school kids and childhood cancer research:

“Philanthropy is where you get…your money for childhood cancer research. When you talk about school lunches…I worked my way through high school.

Scum.

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The congressman also addressed healthcare spending concerns, particularly regarding Medicaid funding distribution between federal and state governments. “I don’t think we’ve addressed the Medicaid problem at all. There are several states where the federal government spends — 90% of the bill goes to be picked up by the federal government,” McCormick noted. He went on to express frustration over the federal government’s expanding role in overall spending, which has grown from one-third to two-thirds of total government expenditures.

McCormick concluded by pointing out several unaddressed healthcare-related issues, including the absence of both a PBM (Pharmacy Benefit Manager) fix and site neutrality measures, despite healthcare being the government’s largest spending category.