Congressman Mike Rogers made the following remarks today after voting against raising the debt limit. S. 540, the Debt Limit Extension, passed the House of Representatives without his support. Rogers said he could not support raising the debt ceiling because the legislation does not contain reforms that would also cut spending.

“I could not support raising our nation’s debt limit without cutting spending first. Congress must get its fiscal house in order and make the tough spending decisions before passing legislation to further add to our debt.”

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