Issue Position: Debts

Issue Position

Our federal government has grown too large, too intrusive and too burdensome. The number one reason for this is that the federal government has strayed far from our Founder's intent of limited, efficient and representative government. We must rein in spending and balance our budget now, not tomorrow or in some distant future. Like every family in the 22nd District, Congress must live within its means and spend less than what it takes in and return all those savings to taxpayers. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) identified over $100 billion in waste and fraud across the giant federal bureaucracy every year -- that is unacceptable while we are piling up debt our children and grandchildren will have to pay back. We should never raise the debt ceiling, and unlike my opponent who twice voted to raise the debt ceiling without spending cuts, until we reform the bureaucracy and cut spending. I will work to right-size the federal bureaucracy and cut wasteful and unnecessary spending. In Congress, I will work to reform and reduce our entitlement culture including budget-busting Obamacare.

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