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Says failure to pass budget shows lack of respect for taxpayers  

LITTLE ROCK – Second District Congressional candidate, U.S. Army Reservist and former U.S. Attorney Tim Griffin today issued the following statement in response to plans by the House leadership not to pass a federal budget before September:

“The House leadership’s failure to pass a budget is a failure to govern. It is disrespectful to the taxpayers of Arkansas - who make tough choices in order to balance their family budgets - for Congress to shirk its duties.

With no budget, there are no spending priorities and no restraints preventing Congress from further increasing our deficit and adding to the debt. I call on Speaker Pelosi to show leadership and schedule a budget vote. The American taxpayers deserve that much.”

On April 9, Griffin proposed a series of reforms entitled ‘Arkansas Values in Action.’ Among his proposals: suspending congressional pay when Congress fails to pass spending bills on time.

About Tim Griffin

Tim Griffin is the principal in the Griffin Law Firm, PLLC and in Griffin Public Affairs, LLC, both based in Little Rock.  He is a graduate of Hendrix College in Conway and Tulane Law School in New Orleans and attended graduate school at Oxford University.  He has served in the U.S. Army Reserve for 13 years, was deployed to Iraq and holds the rank of Major.  He also served as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas; and Special Assistant to President George W. Bush in the White House.  He is a 5th generation Arkansan and lives in Little Rock with his wife Elizabeth and their two children.

For more information, visit www.TimGriffinforCongress.com, stop by our Little Rock campaign headquarters at 300 River Market Avenue, Suite 5, or call (501) 353-0899. Griffin supporters can also follow the campaign on Twitter at www.Twitter.com/GriffinCongress and on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/TimGriffinforCongress.

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