Thursday Mac Thornberry spoke to an audience at Amarillo College who came to have coffee and hear what Mac had to say about what he is working on this year. Congressman Thornberry also wanted to hear what the good people of Dumas had to say and answer questions that they had for him.
Congressman Mac Thornberry spoke how the new House has a new speaker and talked about the changes they have this year. One change is a new rule that all bills have to be on the internet for 72 hours for everyone to see. He also voted on a bill that will return non-security, discretionary spending to 2008 levels which is a start. Voting to support H.R. 1, which cuts these discretionary spending by $100 billion in the next seven months compared to President Obama's FY 11 budget request.
Mac said, "The government simply cannot continue to spend as it has and borrow 40 cents of every dollar to pay for it. Every dollar spent by government is either taken from a taxpayer who earned it or borrowed from future generations to repay with interest".
After catching the audience up on what has been happening the first two months of the year Thornberry opened the floor to answer any questions. Over fifteen people ask questions and received answers to question from Social Security to Airline Security to Health Care and more.
Mac Thornberry serves on the Armed Services Committee and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. He serves as the Vice Chairman of the Armed Services Committee where he will also lead the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats. He continues to serve on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. He has also been asked by the Speaker of the House to lead an initiative on cybersecurity, which will focus Congress’s efforts to combat the growing national security and economic threat.
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