Alabama 3rd Congressional District Congressman Mike Rogers (R-Lameduckville)
"Congress is spending like drunken sailors and I agree. It's time for Congress to Sober up and stop borrowing and spending money we don't have."
The typical Republican answer that health care reform and coverage is important but not at the cost of 1.1 trillion. blah blah blah blah blah -
Also very hypocritical.
Compare that to this statement by Rogers during a House Armed Services committee meeting where he complained about cuts to Missile Defense Spending.
You can't have it both ways Mike.
By the way Missile Defense Agency Director Patrick O'Reilly says
that the planned $1.2 billion in cuts to his budget do not come at the expense of the country's protection against missile attack by rogue nations. He also has said that the current number of missiles in silos as part of the GMD program are adequate to the threat.
CornSyrupAwareness (aka Progressive Curtis at The Progressive Electorate) had this to add
Gee, I wish Mike Rogers of July 16th, 2009 could have a talk with Mike Rogers of January 12th, 2007 that voted against allowing the government to negotiate for lower prices as part of Medicare Part D. That's just a giveaway to pharmaceutical companies. Yes Mike, government billions given away by you.
The Veterans Administration, which is allowed to negotiate drug prices and establish a formulary, pays 58% less for drugs, on average, than Medicare Part D.
Or he could talk to the Mike Rogers that voted for $100 Billion in war appropriations funding for Iraq and Afghanistan on May 24th 2007 (These wars were given a long term CBO score of $2.4 Trillion, almost 2 and 1/2 times the cost of the healthcare reform that Mike is whining about). Not to mention he voted to extend the Bush tax cuts on 5/10/06 (estimated cost $1.8 Trillion).
Lets talk about some other government spending, like your paycheck. What are we getting for it? Six months in and Mike Rogers hasn't turned a new leaf to get anything done. Even his press releases can't make it sound like he's accomplished anything this term.
I'm tired of this do-nothing Congressman, lets get Josh Segall in there. Donate to Joshua Segall for Congress, no donation is too small (even $5 sends a message).
***Let's get Josh Segall in and do-nothing Mike Rogers out***