GOP Priority - Fix Congress: Transition Briefing with Boehner & Walden

John Boehner and Greg Walden
Transition Briefing 11/10/10

House Minority Leader Rep. John Boehner (R-OH), the presumptive next speaker of House, and Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) held a news conference to discuss the GOP Transition Team priorities for the 112th Congress. Walden: "Remember this is the public's business we are doing, how do we open it up, how do we make it more accessible, how do we bring the public in, and turn this government back to the people. How do we reform this process, how do we get at the cost savings we all know can be achieved here, how do we improve efficiency, how do we do we do the things for reform if you were in charge. Let's start and build a House that works for the people, because this is the people's house."

Summary of Boehner's responses to press questions: [We need to] "figure out how to make all the tax cuts permanent so we can help the uncertainty that is stopping employers from hiring more people ... how we can reduce spending, I think it is important that we reduce spending to pre-bailout pre-stimulus levels. . . . If you look at the Pledge to America, we say there should be a freeze on the hiring of new federal employees and frankly we ought to freeze the pay. It has gotten to the point that the average Federal worker makes twice as much as the average private sector worker. ... over the last 20 years I have flown back forth to my congressional district on commercial aircraft. And I am going to continue to do that. . . . The House need to be more open, more transparent, and more accountable and you will see from day one that I mean what I say and I say what I mean."

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