Jim Nussle Defends Bush’s Budget Policies
October 19, 2007, 8:10pm
While representing Iowa in the House, Republican Jim Nussle earned a reputation as a budget expert, eventually rising to serve as chairman of the House Budget Committee. Now he is the director of the White House Office and Management and Budget and is making the case for the Bush administration’s budget policies.
He discussed those policies, including the veto of legislation to expand the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, in a telephone interview with the National Association of Manufacturers. The House this week fell short of the votes necessary to override Bush’s veto.
“Congress has taken a good idea [in S-CHIP] and expanded it, basically, as a way to get national health care and that’s just not acceptable,” Nussle said. “And the president is willing to spend more; he did that in his budget. A 20 percent increase is pretty healthy in just about anybody’s budget. And if more money is necessary, that’s not the issue. This issue is here: Let’s make sure that we are delivering a quality product to kids who don’t have any other place to turn.”
Categories: White House, Health, Budget, Vetoes
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