U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, MI-02, today joined U.S. Rep. Tom Reed, NY-29, outside the White House with 19 other Members of Congress to call on President Obama to present his specific plans to deal with the debt ceiling crisis to Congress. Yesterday, the President threatened to veto the House's “Cut, Cap and Balance” plan to address the debt ceiling, without presenting an alternative. Sixty-five members of Congress also signed a letter to the President asking to see his plan.
At the White House, Huizenga said, "A month and a half ago, when all of us were here at the White House with the President, he said, ‘There’s nothing I could propose you guys would go along with,’ and I told the President, ‘That’s not true. I’m here for a solution. I believe that solution can include an increase in the debt ceiling if – and only if – we are going to deal with these long-term spending issues.' So if we are going to get our way through this, we have to have a plan that’s going to cut our current spending, cap our future spending, and is going to bring into balance the budget and expenditures that the American people want. They want it in Michigan, and I know that they want it across the United States. And, it’s not too much to ask.” Click here for video of his statement.
House Republicans have been clear on their plans to deal with the debt crisis: cut spending, no tax increases, and a focus on long-term reforms that will prevent today’s debt from being passed on to future generations. Americans are still waiting to hear from President Obama on what specific spending cuts and tax increases he intends to include in his solution.
“Because you have not presented any written detailed proposal to raise the debt ceiling, our constituents are left in the dark as to what specific cuts you propose as well as what taxes you are planning to raise,” the Members wrote in the letter to the President which was co-signed by 64 other Members of Congress.
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