By: Olympia Meola
Published: January 07, 2011 9:15 AM
Freshman Rep. Robert Hurt, R-5th, is supporting the House’s bill to repeal the Obama administration’s health-care overhaul, and wants to cosponsor a balanced budget amendment. He appears to be leaning against voting for an increase in the nation’s debt limit.
You can hear more about his considerations in the video above.
Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-9th, also supports a full repeal of the health-care law. On the debt limit, Griffith says he will “thoughtfully consider the specifics of the proposed legislation.”
“My instinct tells me that the most surefire way to stop spending is to cap our national debt,” he said in a statement to the Richmond Times-Dispatch. “However, we must consider both the short and long term ramifications for the United States.”
Hopefully, the House will not raise the debt of the US. Force administrators, the pentagon, etc. to live within the current debt ceiling. Maybe silly programs like the Nat. Endow of Arts and countless others will be forced to stop.
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