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Pompeo Votes to Pass Debt Deal on Eve of Deadline
From: Pompeo Congressional Office
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the House took the lead in the debt ceiling saga once more by voting to push the final agreement through on the eve of the Treasury’s August 2nd deadline. Congressman Mike Pompeo (KS-04) released the following short statement upon passage of the Budget Control Act, S. 365, which cleared the House of Representatives on a bipartisan vote of 269-161. The bill will now head to the Senate for consideration there this evening.
“I am often asked why I decided to uproot myself from the private sector last year to run for office for the first time in my life. It’s simple: I came to Congress because the hard-working families in South Central Kansas are sick of watching helplessly as our federal government steadily expanded for the past 40 years. It has been a one-way ratchet. We changed that trend over the past few weeks.
“I voted in favor of the deal before the House today because it moves our nation forward in addressing the spending addiction that threatens the future of our children and grandchildren. This bill cuts spending more than it raises the debt ceiling. It implements caps to restrain future spending, it advances our Balanced Budget Amendment and, most importantly, it does these things without raising taxes on individuals, families, and job-creators. It adheres to the conservative principles I set out when this debate began.
“We are in an epic battle for the future of our Republic. No one piece of legislation – certainly not one that a liberal President would sign – could ever fix decades of fiscal malfeasance. While this reality ensured this debt limit deal would be imperfect, this bill shows how much House Republicans have changed the terms of the debate in Washington. We’ve made a strong start out of the gate, but this is certainly not the finish line – it’s not even the homestretch. But it’s exciting to imagine what we’ll be able to achieve when Republicans control the Senate and Barack Obama’s Presidency has come to an end. I intend to keep working at serious debt reduction so long as I’m serving the families of the Fourth District of Kansas,” said Pompeo.
