As the U.S. Representative for Eastern Ohio, Bill Johnson supports policies that create jobs, increase wages, and expand opportunities for all Americans. Bill supports lowering taxes on both our job creators and hardworking Americans, as well as reducing Washington regulatory burden and red tape. Having lived in poverty as a child, he is grateful that we live in a country where Americans from all walks of life have the freedom to make choices to improve their economic situation.

Under President Trump, and before the Coronavirus hit, our economy was experiencing its longest economic expansion in American history. The unemployment rate was at a 50-year low, 6.4 million new jobs had been created since November 2016, and under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, American families are keeping more of their hard-earned money. It’s one of the few times in America’s journey that we’ve had more jobs than workers to fill them.

However, under the Biden Administration, we’ve been slow to recover from Covid-19. Daily life is very expensive…there’s just no other way to put it. Folks are priced out of mortgages, home energy prices are much higher, everyday goods like groceries and kids’ clothes have skyrocketed, and we all know the price of gas is up as well. Wages for workers are not keeping up with inflation, making just getting by a struggle for many.

One of the biggest threats to our nation’s economic security is our ballooning national debt – a figure that will only climb higher as a result of Joe Biden’s big government spending, including programs like the laughably named “Inflation Reduction Act.”

As a former small business owner, Bill understands the importance of having a budget. Families have them. Businesses have them. Washington should have one too. But Congress hasn’t approved a budget in years, and the appropriations process is broken, largely relying on “continuing resolutions” to fund another year of spending. This is no way to govern, and it must change.

Johnson strongly supports legislation that would force Congress to balance the budget within a reasonable time frame. Many states are required by law to balance their budgets…and Washington should be no different. He also supports a thorough review of the budgeting and appropriating processes, and enacting reforms that will make Washington more fiscally responsible and accountable.

Congress must continue to build upon pro-growth successes, such as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, to ensure upward economic mobility is within reach for all hard-working American families.