Fiscal Responsibility

Today U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (R-TX) released the following statement on the passage of the House GOP 2015 budget blueprint, titled, “The Path to Prosperity.” The plan balances the budget in 10 years without raising taxes on hardworking Americans, among other things, and restores fiscal sanity. “While some in Washington want to continue down a path of reckless spending, more dependency and less opportunity, today we passed a budget that offers a bigger, better and brighter future for our ch... Read more

Washington, DC – U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (TX-03) issued the following statement on the release of the President’s FY2015 Budget Request. “If President Obama was serious about working with us in Congress to get America back on a fiscally sustainable path, his budget proposal would look very different. Instead President Obama resorts to the same failed, class-warfare agenda: spend, borrow, and tax. This isn’t a recipe for economic success. From Obamacare to last year’s income tax hikes, Ameri... Read more

Today, U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (R-TX) and Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced the ITIN (Individual Taxpayer Identification Number) Reform Act in response to the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) scandalous management of the ITIN program. In 2012 the Tax Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) issued a scathing report finding that IRS managers were encouraging employees to ignore questionable applications and blatant fraud for the sake of quickly issuing ITINs. Last year, the IG is... Read more

Washington, D.C. - Tonight U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (R-TX) released the following statement after the President delivered the State of the Union Address. “In one sentence, tonight was a missed opportunity. As Americans continue to look for jobs, see their wages stagnate, have their work hours cut, and receive health insurance cancellations, President Obama proposes the same old policies that have failed to make life better for hardworking Americans. For five straight years, families and smal... Read more

Washington, DC – Congressman Sam Johnson (R-TX) released the following statement on the Fiscal Year 2014 Consolidated Appropriations Act – also known as the Omnibus. “This bill is a trillion dollar, 1,500-page spending monstrosity that reverses hard-fought spending cuts that are key to getting our fiscal house in order. Across the nation, hardworking taxpayers have cut back and stretched their hard-earned dollars in order to make ends meet under the Obama economy; Washington, however, is looseni... Read more

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Sam Johnson (R-TX) released the following statement to remind Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) along with other Democrats on their previous support to prevent illegal immigrants and their children from getting checks from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). “I can’t seem to understand why Harry Reid and other Senate Democrats now oppose the same common-sense policy they once supported. Why does Reid now support allowing illegal immigrants to receive billion... Read more

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Sam Johnson (TX-03) joined Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick’s (PA-08) bipartisan effort to protect veterans from a hit to their pensions due to a provision included in the Murray-Ryan budget, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013. Johnson offered to offset the cost with his common-sense, cost-saving bill, H.R. 556, the Refundable Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Reform Act. “As we look for ways to get our fiscal house in order we must work to eliminate the ... Read more

Today Congressman Sam Johnson (R-TX) released the following statement in support of the House GOP Fiscal Year 2014 budget blueprint, titled, “The Path to Prosperity: A Responsible, Balanced Budget.” This plan seeks to balance the budget by ending Washington’s out-of-control, wasteful spending, repealing Obamacare, reforming our broken tax code, providing for a strong defense and ensuring the future of Medicare and Social Security. “Budgeting isn’t easy, but with over $16 trillion in debt, it is ... Read more

Congressman Sam Johnson (R-TX) released the following statement on President Obama’s devised plan of across-the-board spending cuts – known as sequester – set to kick in March 1. “In spite of his rhetoric, President Obama is unwilling to work with us to really get our fiscal house in order. Instead, he continues pushing the same failed policies of his first four years as he campaigns for raising taxes on hard-working Americans. It’s time to lead Mr. President, your campaign is long over.” Johnso... Read more

The Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) – the official non-partisan Congressional tax scorekeeper – notified Congressman Sam Johnson (R-TX) that his recently re-introduced legislation, H.R. 556, the Refundable Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Reform Act of 2013, will save American taxpayers an estimated $24.4 billion over the next ten years. Johnson’s common-sense bill seeks to prevent abuse of the $1,000 refundable child tax credit by requiring tax filers to provide their Social Security... Read more