Statement by Congressman Darrell Issa on Democrat Debt Limit Crisis

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-48) made the following statement:

“Having plunged our nation into record inflation – caused by the nonstop spending during the Biden presidency – Democrats are now sitting back and washing their hands of any economic culpability while blaming Republicans for the fact that the debt ceiling has been reached. None dare call this sincere.
 
“Here are the facts: In her first days as Speaker with Joe Biden in the White House, Pelosi and the Democrats forced through trillions of new spending on a party line vote that almost immediately caused inflation not seen since the early 1980s. Since then, product supply and pocketbook buying power have only worsened for the American people.
 
“In her last hours as Speaker – after voters indisputably voted to remove her from power – Nancy Pelosi rammed through $1.7 trillion of new spending on an overwhelmingly partisan vote. This rapidly accelerated our path to the debt ceiling, for which Democrats accept no responsibility and, for now, show no willingness to responsibly seek a fair solution. Initial suggestions of massive new taxes on the American people are simply off the table.
 
“Having maxed out the nation’s credit card, the Democrats are nowhere to be found now that the bill has come due. The American people know this. Democrats should stop playing their blame games and help fix the mess that they alone created.”

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Darrell Issa is the Representative of California’s 48th Congressional District. The District encompasses the central and eastern parts of San Diego County and a portion of Riverside County, including the communities of Fallbrook, Valley Center, Ramona, Escondido, Santee, Lakeside, Poway, Temecula, Murrieta, and the mountain and desert areas of the San Diego-Imperial County line. Issa served as the Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform from 2011-2015.