Lamberti attacks Nussle's budget record

From the Sioux City Journal...

Culver's campaign presented a video of state Senate Republican President Jeff Lamberti's speech at the Iowa State Fair, criticizing the condition of the federal budget. Culver's campaign noted that Nussle is chairman of the House Budget Committee.

"What I want to talk to you about today is the state of the federal budget, or should I say the mess that is the federal budget," Lamberti said during his speech. "That's right. And let's face it, it is a mess."

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In his speech, Lamberti called the budget process "a mess because of the process where there is no control, where amendments, special interests, pork barrel projects are added in the middle of the night when nobody knows what's in there and you and I are paying the bills.

"This year alone there were 19 individual attempts to strike wasteful pork barrel spending from the budget and my opponent voted against all 19," he said.

West said Nussle voted the same way.

"You don't have to take our word for it, look at what the Republicans are saying," West said of Lamberti's speech.

Many Republicans know the Federal Budget is a mess. They see the handouts given out to the wealthy while social programs like Pell Grants, child-care assistance, and food stamps get cut.
As Chairman of the House Budget Committee, Nussle has a lot to do with that mess.

You could give Nussle the benefit of the doubt and say that he didn't cause the huge deficit, but it is very clear that in his leadership Nussle didn't do much to prevent the huge deficit. Do we want a leader who just sits back and watches problems get out of control while cutting programs that help the less fortanate or do we want a leader that sees the problems early on and tackles them before they get out of control?

Nussle has a proven record of sitting idle. We can't afford that here in Iowa, especially since every Iowan owes over $28,000 on the Federal Deficit.