Dennis A. Ross
15th District,
Florida

Committee on Financial Services

Subcommittee on Capital
Markets & Government Sponsored Enterprises

Subcommittee
on Oversight & Investigations

Washington, DC
229 Cannon
HOB
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-1252
Fax: (202)
225-0585

Lakeland
170 Fitzgerald Road,
Suite 1
Lakeland, FL 33813
Phone: (863) 644-8215
Fax: (863)
648-0748

http://dennisross.house.gov

April 24, 2013

Mr. Gordon Wayne Watts
821 Alicia Rd
Lakeland, FL
33801-2113

Dear Mr. Watts:

Thank you for contacting my
office regarding the federal budget and spending.  I
appreciate that you took the time to express your views on this
important matter and am happy to respond.

Government
spending has increased dramatically over the past decade, and
Congress must consider bold and concrete solutions to balance the
federal budget and restore fiscal sanity.  As a small
business owner, I have had to make a payroll, balance my budget, and
reduce spending during difficult economic times.  Congress
should take the same care and caution.  If not, the
current level of government spending will lead to grave consequences
for the American economy.

For these reasons, I
voted against the fiscal cliff Senate amendment to H.R. 8, the
American Taxpayer Relief Act.  As an alternative, I
introduced H.R. 243, the Bowles-Simpson plan of Lowering America's
Debt (BOLD) Act, and H.R. 239 the Zero-based budgeting Ensures
Responsible Oversight (ZERO) Act.  The combined bills will
reform America's tax code and require justified budgeting by
Agencies and Departments.  The bills have been referred to
the Committees on Ways and Means and Budget, respectively, and I am
busy working on gaining support to bring them to the House floor for
a vote.  I am hopeful that in the coming months of the
113th Congress, we can do what is right by Floridians and reform
both our tax code and the way that Washington spends the hard-earned
money of Florida Taxpayers.

It is an honor and a
privilege to represent constituents like you of the 15th District of
Florida.  To learn more on how I may serve you, please
visit http://dennisross.house.gov/.  Please
feel free to continue to contact me in the future.

Sincerely,

Dennis A. Ross
Member of Congress

DR/GP