WASHINGTON — Heritage Action, a national conservative grassroots organization, released the following statement from Vice President Garrett Bess in response to the House vote to raise the debt ceiling.
“Congressional Democrats voted to raise the debt limit to attempt to solve a ‘crisis’ of their own creation. Make no mistake, any attempt to attach urgency to raising the debt limit without reforms is simply spin from Democrat leadership to finance their $3.5 trillion tax, debt, and spending spree, and the American people will not stand for it. Republicans are right not to enable this manufactured crisis. Raising the debt limit also fails to address Washington’s addiction to running up the national debt. Congress must instead pursue real spending reforms and return to a true debt limit.”