House Ways and Means Committee Chair Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo., unveiled his plan to cut government spending and provide “serious fiscal reform” to the American people, telling “Varney & Co.” the days of an “unlimited credit card” are over.
REP. JASON SMITH: Republicans are not going to shut down the government. The American people are the ones demanding the cut in spending. Just in the last two years under one-party Democrat rule, they added $10 trillion in new spending that led to the highest inflation in 40 years. Inflation has gone up 13.9% since Joe Biden has taken the oath of office. They are demanding we use every tool in the toolbox to eliminate reckless spending.
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If you look at the history of the debt limit, in fact when Obama and Biden were in office, to increase the debt limit, they also passed a caps agreement. We have to have fiscal reforms moving forward. We cannot just give an unlimited credit card.