WASHINGTON, D.C. - Montana’s Congressman, Denny Rehberg, today issued the following statement in response to the passage of the House’s $410 billion 2009 Consolidated Appropriations Bill.  Rehberg voted against the bill.

“While the bill included many good things for Montana that I have fought for over a year to secure, it also contained way too much wasteful spending that wasn’t scrutinized close enough.  From hundred billion dollar bailouts to a so-called "stimulus package" that cost taxpayers almost a trillion dollars, Congress is spending too much and racking up a huge debt.  It's only February and already federal government spending has increased 80% since last year.  That simply is not good government.”