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REP. FOXX VOTES AGAINST DEBT LIMIT INCREASE  

“President Obama and Congressional Democrats have shown no willingness to work with House Republicans on addressing the growing debt that will be handed to our children and grandchildren,” Congresswoman Foxx stated.  “To paraphrase the late economist Herb Stein, debt increases that cannot go on forever, will stop. The actions we take or fail to take in the near future will determine whether the reforms required to fix our budget will be difficult or catastrophic.

“With cooperation from the Senate and leadership from President Obama, we could have taken some of the difficult steps towards reforming Washington’s out of control spending today. This legislation did not take those steps, which is why I voted no.”

Congresswoman Virginia Foxx is currently in her fifth term as the Representative of North Carolina’s 5th Congressional District and is the elected Republican Conference Secretary. Dr. Foxx is the chair of the House Education & the Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and serves as Vice Chair of the House Rules Committee.