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Duffy Votes Against Raising the Debt Ceiling Without Necessary Reforms

Statement

Date: Oct. 16, 2013
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Government Operations Health Insurance Government Budget and Spending

Following the House's vote to increase the debt ceiling without including necessary spending reforms,U.S. Representative Sean Duffy (WI-07) released the following statement to explain his vote:

"Raising the debt ceiling does not solve the fundamental problem that our federal government spends more money than it takes in. That is why I conditioned my vote to raise the debt ceiling on the inclusion of reforms to address our spending, specifically our ballooning entitlement spending, including the latest entitlement - Obamacare. That's the responsible, common sense thing to do. Since the bill being voted on tonight does none of these things, I cannot support it."

Rep. Duffy continued, "I came to Washington to change the way things are done in this town. I still believe it is immoral for our government to continue living for today while saddling our children with the debt and inevitable tax increases to pay for it."


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