Kevin McCarthy: Americans deserve the truth
Speaker Kevin McCarthy talks about a sensible approach to dealing with the debt ceiling. He wants a more common sense approach to it and suggests that all Americans deserve the truth and he wants to deliver the facts.
“You deserve the truth. So, let’s start with the facts.
“Our national debt is high. Too high. And the problem is getting worse, not better.
“We are now 31 trillion dollars in debt. That is more than the size of the entire American economy. 20 percent more.
“Our debt is now a greater burden than it has been at any time since World War 2.