Republican Leadership Press Conference
Republican Leadership Press Conference
July 25, 2011
Participants:
Speaker John Boehner (R-OH)
Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA)
Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)
Conference Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX)
Conference Vice Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA)
Chairman Hensarling:
“It’s July 25th, and many things have not changed. One is it’s over 800 days and the Senate, under Harry Reid, has yet to pass a budget; they’ve yet to pass a plan to deal with the debt crisis, much less one before August 2nd. The President of the United States has yet to put forward a plan and can only make it clearer that what he’s focused on is the next election. What is also clear is that only House Republicans have passed a plan to deal with the debt ceiling. And although this is not, as the Speaker said, our version of ‘Cut, Cap and Balance,’ what is also true is that House Republicans remain firmly committed to cutting spending now, capping spending in the future, and having the debate that has raged on since the dawn of the Republic, and that is to finally balance the budget. Because if we want jobs and hope and opportunity, we are going to have to cut and we’re going to have to cap and, ultimately, we will have to balance the budget.”
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House Republican Conference Press Office (conferencepress@mail.house.gov)
