Today, Tuesday, February 11, 2014, Congressman Jason Smith issued the following statement after voting against raising the nation’s debt limit:

“Folks in Washington need to understand what families in Missouri already know: America has a serious spending problem. Only in Washington would the solution to a $17 trillion national debt be an increase in our borrowing limit. This legislation raises the debt ceiling by hundreds of billions of dollars without cutting a single cent of spending. It’s past time for Congress to stop spending money that they simply do not have,” said Smith. “During my campaign for Congress, I promised families in Missouri’s Eighth District that I would fight to change the way Washington does business. This is the second time in just eight months that I have voted against increasing America’s borrowing limit. Congress cannot just keep raising the debt ceiling without cutting federal spending.”

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Smith says it’s time Washington starts living within its financial means