Rep. Chip Roy: 'The American people have to live within their means, so should the leaders of our nation'

WASHINGTON--Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) released the following statement Friday on Congress looking poised to raise the debt ceiling:

"Only in Washington is it considered appropriate to endlessly lift one's borrowing limit without even a hint of shame or a plan to stop it. We should not raise the debt ceiling without a deal to spend less than the current caps and put us on a path to a balanced budget.

Allowing Democrats to back us into a corner and force a "deal" that raises spending levels when we are $22 trillion in debt and counting would be ridiculous, although it appears some members of my party would be happy to do it.

The American people have to live within their means, so should the leaders of our nation. We must end the madness now and not allow the nervous nellies of Wall Street to mortgage our children's future for quick and dirty profits."

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Robert Donachie | Congressman Chip Roy (R-TX)
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