Congresswoman Martha McSally was among 17 Republicans who voted against the GOP budget in Congress this week. (Read TPM’s takeaways on the budget here and Slate’s here.)
McSally’s full statement on her vote:
“I appreciate the ideas put forward by my colleagues, but I was elected to represent the voices of Southern Arizonans and their priorities. I’ve continually heard from them that we need to protect retirement programs and ensure we have a military capable of defending us against growing national security threats, and I have concerns that this budget does not meet those priorities.
“The Federal Government’s number one function is to protect American citizens and our interests. From an extremely sophisticated and well-resourced terrorist group in ISIS, to Russia’s increased aggression in Europe, China’s continued military build-up, and Iran marching toward a nuclear capability, we face serious and growing threats to our national security. Drastic across-the-board cuts have already devastated many current capabilities and continue to weaken readiness and hollow out our military.
“As any family in Southern Arizona knows, putting together a budget requires hard decisions. Getting our spending under control and tackling the greatest challenges facing us will require both sides to come together and find common ground to make our country stronger. As this is just the first step in the appropriations process, I look forward to continue working with my colleagues from both sides of the aisle to protect the priorities of Southern Arizonans and ensure their voices are heard.”
This article appears in Mar 19-25, 2015.
Thank you Martha. that’s what you were elected for.
Martha McSally, everyone should remember your name for many should do the same. God Bless Congresswoman Martha McSally. 🙂
So she wants more deficit spending then??
For once I know we have some one up there taking care of us, not obamanation
PaulAZ — You don’t seem to realize she voted against the _Republican_ budget. Not anything to do with the president at all.
So McSally is a committed puppet of the neolib/military/globalist complex. No surprises there.
Ha. Glad I helped ditch Ron. I really don’t care if she’s voting ‘against’ a dem plan, or ‘against’ a repub plan, just that we’ve got one less sheeple in the zoo that is DC.
Read what she says! She voted against it because she wants to cut more spending for government services and increase spending to the military. That is not going to save any money for me. She is not thinking of me. She is only concerned with her constituents: Davis-Monthan and Fort Huachuca and Raytheon.
Me, me, me. We year you. But you can’t accomplish anything if we don’t have the defense to protect you.
You think the US military is here to protect you… seriously? You, you, you. Who are you: Dick Cheney?
Martha’s handlers aren’t happy with their slice of the pie, they want your slice, too. That’s why she voted against this budget, not out of any sense of decency or fairness for the people she supposedly represents.
At least she was independent. That is the good news. Or maybe indeed it was an illusion of independence, but it looks like independence to me. Yes, I am against our giant military spending and I agree it is not really to keep us safe so much as to keep money flowing to the military industrial complex. Let us all give McSalley the benefit of doubt and her own judgment as she carries out her duties.