I will tell him why I will not. Because that particular piece of legislation gives another $500 billion of additional extension on the debt ceiling, a half a trillion dollars. I think that is absolutely dead wrong. It is the kind of license that he and the other lovers of big government in this Congress on the other side that are now in the minority want. I refuse it. I reject it.
Opposing a proposed extension of the debt ceiling during a House floor debate.
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