Bill Text: TX SCR40 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Urging Congress to enact a balanced budget requirement.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-03-17 - Referred to State Affairs [SCR40 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SCR40-Introduced.html
| 89R17492 KSM-F | ||
| By: Creighton | S.C.R. No. 40 | |
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| WHEREAS, The State of Texas operates under a constitutional | ||
| mandate to maintain a balanced budget, a discipline that has | ||
| safeguarded the state's financial integrity and ensured that | ||
| taxpayer dollars are spent responsibly; and | ||
| WHEREAS, While Texas has demonstrated that fiscal discipline | ||
| and conservative budget practices lead to economic growth and | ||
| stability, the federal government has recklessly accumulated over | ||
| $33 trillion in national debt, with annual deficits that reflect | ||
| irresponsible spending and a dangerous disregard for future | ||
| generations; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Wasteful federal spending, bloated bureaucracies, | ||
| and a refusal to live within its means have not only burdened | ||
| American taxpayers but also threatened the nation's economic | ||
| security and its position as a global leader; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Texas Legislature, through prudent financial | ||
| stewardship, invests in critical priorities such as | ||
| infrastructure, public safety, and education without resorting to | ||
| massive deficits or mortgaging the future of its citizens; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The federal government's failure to balance its | ||
| budget undermines the principles of accountability and fiscal | ||
| conservatism, principles that Texans demand and deserve from all | ||
| levels of government; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Texas model of conservative governance and | ||
| fiscal responsibility offers a clear and proven example for the | ||
| federal government to follow in order to restore public trust and | ||
| ensure long-term economic prosperity; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 89th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby urge Congress to enact a balanced budget requirement to end | ||
| the cycle of deficits and debt; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Texas Legislature condemn the reckless and | ||
| wasteful spending practices of the federal government; and, be it | ||
| further | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official | ||
| copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to | ||
| the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of | ||
| Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the | ||
| members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that | ||
| this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a | ||
| memorial to the Congress of the United States of America. | ||
