Boehner Uneasy With Raising Debt Limit

New House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) released the following statement in response to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner’s request that Congress vote to increase the federal debt limit, currently at $14.29 trillion.

“I’ve been notified that the Obama Administration intends to formally request an increase in the debt limit.  The American people will not stand for such an increase unless it is accompanied by meaningful action by the President and Congress to cut spending and end the job-killing spending binge in Washington.  While America cannot default on its debt, we also cannot continue to borrow recklessly, dig ourselves deeper into this hole, and mortgage the future of our children and grandchildren.  Spending cuts – and reforming a broken budget process – are top priorities for the American people and for the new majority in the House this year, and it is essential that the President and Democrats in Congress work with us in that effort.”