July 25, 2011 Reactions on Debt Ceiling
July 25, 2011 Statements on Debt Ceiling Debate

4:10 p.m.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tim Miller
July 25, 2011

Governor Jon Huntsman Statement on Boehner Debt Limit Plan

Orlando, FL - Governor Jon Huntsman issued the following statement in support of Speaker Boehner's debt limit plan:

"The plan proposed by Speaker Boehner and House Republican Leadership is a good first step to deal with our national debt and is in line with the principles I have laid out since the beginning of this debate: cuts commensurate with any increase in the debt ceiling, tangible steps towards a balanced budget amendment, and no tax increases. President Obama should sign on to this plan instead of demanding over $1 trillion in tax hikes and a politically convenient timetable.

"I applaud Speaker Boehner and Republican Leadership in the House for proposing a plan that makes serious strides towards solvency and will prevent us from defaulting on our obligations.

"Once this responsible plan is passed Congress must take meaningful steps toward addressing the long-term drivers of debt with entitlement reform and a revenue-neutral tax reform plan."

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6:27 p.m.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE    July 25, 2011
Contact: Alex Conant


Gov. Tim Pawlenty's Statement on President Obama's Address on the Debt Ceiling 

"President Obama is lecturing the country instead of leading it.  He has presided over the largest and most irresponsible run up of debt in our nation's history, and he now threatens to preside over the first default in U.S. history. Once again, President Obama did not have the courage to offer real solutions to fix runaway debt. Where is his plan to fix Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid?  Tonight's speech was all rhetoric and no results, and is another reason why President Obama needs to be removed from office."

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8:00 p.m.

July 25, 2011

For Immediate Release 

Contact: Matt Beynon


Santorum Responds to Obama Address on Debt Crisis

Oskaloosa, IA - Former Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) made the following statement in response to President Obama's address to the nation this evening concerning the debt crisis:

 

"President Obama said tonight that 'people are fed up with a town where compromise has become a dirty word,' but what the people are fed up with is a President who uses class warfare as a crutch to divide rather than focusing on solving the issues affecting each and every American," said Senator Santorum.  "The fact that President Obama has been shut out by not just Republican but by Democratic congressional leaders is a clear indication that he has become incapable of addressing our nation's debt crisis.  President Obama must throw out the failed economic playbook of raising taxes and recklessly spending tax dollars that he has used for over two years and make the tough choices necessary to bring fiscal sanity back to Washington."


To learn more about former Senator Rick Santorum, please visit www.RickSantorum.com.


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8:12 p.m.

For Immediate Release
July 25, 2011
Contact: Alice Stewart

Bachmann Responds to President Obama's Speech on the National Debt Crisis

Cedar Rapids, Iowa - Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann issued the following statement in response to President Obama's speech on the national debt crisis:

"Shame on President Obama for casting the American people aside as collateral damage, as he continues his political gamesmanship with the national debt crisis. The problem with the president's plan is that he's operating from the wrong assumption -- that we need to increase the debt limit to pay for increased spending. Despite what President Obama says, the people of this country understand what raising the debt limit means. It’s the President who doesn’t grasp the magnitude of our national debt; he compares it to ‘a little credit card debt’ when, in fact, our ‘national credit cards’ are maxed out.

"President Obama isn’t listening to the American people. Not one person in Iowa, New Hampshire or South Carolina has told me that we need a ‘balanced approach,’ which, of course, is code for higher taxes and spending. Let me be clear: I will not vote to raise the debt limit. The Congress and the President should not raise the debt limit. Rather than scaring seniors and veterans, it’s time to make the tough choices and make the spending cuts necessary to put our nation on the path to prosperity, lower spending and a balanced budget.”

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