Congressman Blake Moore was elected to serve on the House Committee on Ways and Means on Wednesday, a position he plans to use to fight what he calls the debt culture in Washington. “Many of our nation’s debt drivers come under the Ways and Means Committee’s jurisdiction, and I am eager to get to work on how we can reform Congress’s budgeting process and responsibly steward our federal resources and programs,” shared Congressman Moore following the election. “Utahns care deeply about our nation’s debt and deficit crises, and I have remained committed to making Washington’s approach to fiscal policy mirror Utah’s sound practices. It is a great honor to make history today as the first Republican member from Utah to serve on the Ways and Means Committee, and I thank the Steering Committee for this amazing opportunity.” There is currently only one member west of Texas on the Ways and Means Committee, and Utah had never had a Republican member on the committee.
