Huizenga encouraged by debt ceiling meeting between Biden, McCarthy

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President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have met to discuss the impasse over raising the nation’s debt ceiling. McCarthy said after Wednesday’s meeting he was optimistic and that it was a good start. Congressman Bill Huizenga tells us he’s encouraged.

“I’m glad to see the White House and the president are back to where they should have been, which is we’re going to discuss this and negotiate over this,” Huizenga said. “This is not unusual, it’s not new. This has been done for a very long time.”

House Republicans are calling for federal spending reductions before the debt ceiling will be increased. Huizenga says leaders in Washington need to have the courage to talk about how to reduce spending.

“70% of the federal government’s spending is on autopilot. It has nothing to do with any appropriations bill that the House or the Senate or that the president signs into law, none of that process.”

Huizenga says he doesn’t believe the nation will default on its debts, telling us all agree the U.S. needs to pay its bills. He says presidents in the past have negotiated over the issue with Congress. If the debt ceiling isn’t increased in the next few months, the nation would be at risk of defaulting on its obligations.