Fiscal Heroes are awarded each Congress to recognize policymakers working to improve the nation’s fiscal situation and fix the budget process
WASHINGTON – Arizona senior Senator Kyrsten Sinema was honored as a Fiscal Hero of the 118th Congress for her commitment to fiscal responsibility and work leading bipartisan efforts to pave a sustainable fiscal path for Arizona and the entire country.
“We have a responsibility to create economic freedom and opportunity, keep families safe and secure, and make government spending lean and responsible – and I’ll continue working to ensure Arizonans can keep more of their hard-earned money in their own pockets,” said Sinema.
“Fiscal responsibility is a stewardship, not only for Americans today but for generations of Americans to come. We applaud this year’s Fiscal Heroes, including Senator Sinema, for having the courage to prioritize our fiscal health and work towards achieving a more sustainable debt trajectory. Through legislation, speeches, engagement back home, and tough political decisions, these Members of Congress have distinguished themselves as leaders on these key issues, and we are honored to recognize and applaud them for their efforts. We look forward to seeing how these Fiscal Heroes will build on the momentum in the past year to make even greater strides going forward,” said Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.
Sinema played a key role in bringing both sides and chambers of Congress together to pass the Fiscal Responsibility Act and find common ground on the debt ceiling. She also led colleagues in introducing the Fiscal State of the Nation Act, a bipartisan and bicameral resolution requiring Congress to receive an annual financial report from a nonpartisan source to understand how current and proposed policies would impact the nation’s long-term fiscal health.The Sinema-backed Fiscal Stability Act creates a bipartisan and bicameral Fiscal Commission tasked with balancing America’s federal debt to GDP ratio. The Fiscal Commission would recommend stabilizing the debt-to-GDP ratio at or below 100% in 15 years and improve the solvency of federal trust programs like Social Security and Medicare.