Congressman Keith Self's Statement on the Fiscal Responsibility Act
June 01, 2023
June 01, 2023
WASHINGTON, June 1 -- Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, issued the following news release:
The debt ceiling bill should be titled the Sleight of Hand Spending Bill.
The bill is essentially a spending freeze at the much higher, post-Covid spending levels rather than the lower, Fiscal Year 2022 figures. In exchange, the Sleight of Hand contains a $4 trillion debt ceiling increase. That is 2 1/2 times the increase in the Limit, Save, Grow bill passed by the House. The debt ceiling . . .
The debt ceiling bill should be titled the Sleight of Hand Spending Bill.
The bill is essentially a spending freeze at the much higher, post-Covid spending levels rather than the lower, Fiscal Year 2022 figures. In exchange, the Sleight of Hand contains a $4 trillion debt ceiling increase. That is 2 1/2 times the increase in the Limit, Save, Grow bill passed by the House. The debt ceiling . . .