CRFB Announces New Board Members Senator Mitt Romney and Senator Joe Manchin

The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget is honored to announce that former Senators Mitt Romney (R-UT) and Joe Manchin (I-WV) have joined its Board of Directors, which is comprised of many of the nation’s leading budget experts.

The following is a statement from Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget:

We are absolutely thrilled to be joined by Senators Mitt Romney and Joe Manchin in our effort to improve the nation’s finances. Both of these men distinguished themselves during their time in the Senate as leaders who were willing to prioritize fiscal responsibility and confront the trade-offs needed to improve our out-of-control national debt.  We know that their extensive public service along with their commitment to fiscal responsibility and public education will be invaluable as we face the challenges in the years ahead.

Today’s announcement underscores the Committee’s longstanding commitment to fostering bipartisan solutions to our nation’s fiscal decline and working to put forward solutions for America’s elected leaders. Both former senators have been staunch advocates for responsible budgeting, but more than that, they have not shied away from working across the aisle to find solutions that can bridge the ideological divide and get America pointed in the right direction.

Senator Romney, across his many years as Governor of Massachusetts, Senator from Utah, and the Republican nominee for President in 2012, has demonstrated a commitment to fiscal conservativism, identifying opportunities to close budget deficits, increase efficiency, and address the key drivers of mandatory spending growth.

Senator Manchin’s service to West Virginia, from Secretary of State to Governor to his many years as Senator, show he has been a strong advocate for restoring fiscal sanity to Washington and demonstrate a continued willingness to work in a bipartisan fashion to address our nation’s fiscal challenges.

Importantly, both have worked together on common-sense reforms to address our rising debt, including advocacy for trust fund reform to shore up Social Security and Medicare and introducing legislation and leading the effort to establish a fiscal commission to focus on coming up with workable solutions.

The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget could not do its work without the input and guidance of its distinguished board members – we are thrilled to be joined by Senator Romney and Senator Manchin, two of the most committed and accomplished political leaders to come out of Congress in recent history. 

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For more information, please contact Matt Klucher, Assistant Director of Media Relations, at klucher@crfb.org.