Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. (pronounced: “Boo-shon”) represents the Eighth District of Indiana, which encompasses all or part of 19 counties in Southwest and West Central Indiana.
Since coming to Congress, Larry has been a champion for advancing patient-centered health care reforms that will give patients and their doctors the freedom to make their own health care decisions as opposed to Washington bureaucrats. He has also been a leader in the fight to end the opioid epidemic, having been just one of eight lawmakers from around the nation recognized by the Coalition to Stop Opioid Overdose in 2016 for his work on the issue. Beyond health care, Larry has also been a recognized leader on transportation issues when he previously served on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
The federal government needs to function like hard working Hoosier families and live within its means. Without question, Washington, D.C. is continuing down an unsustainable path of spending, taxing, and borrowing too much to pay for this spending habit. This debt will ultimately fall on the backs of our children and grandchildren in the form of higher interest rates, fewer opportunities, and a lower standard of living.
During President Obama’s first term in office, our national debt went from $10.6 trillion to almost $17 trillion, adding over$1 trillion each year. While both sides of the aisle are to blame for this reckless spending culture, I came to Washington D.C. with a commitment to getting our fiscal house in order. We must implement meaningful reforms to reduce wasteful spending on duplicative programs in order to reverse this unsustainable path. This change will not happen overnight but during my first term in office, it is evident we changed the spending debate from how much to spend to how much to cut.