BigBadBrian
04-20-2011, 09:34 AM
LINK (http://mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=bd68e34a-3e32-4d05-b883-0b617669b6d9&ContentType_id=c19bc7a5-2bb9-4a73-b2ab-3c1b5191a72b&Group_id=0fd6ddca-6a05-4b26-8710-a0b7b59a8f1f&MonthDisplay=4&YearDisplay=2011)
Apr 19 2011
McConnell Taps Republican Whip Kyl for Deficit Meetings with Vice President
WASHINGTON, DC – Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday named Sen. Jon Kyl, the Republican Whip, as the Senate Republican appointee to the deficit spending meetings announced by President Obama that will be led by the Vice President.
“Sen. Kyl is a key member of our leadership team and a senior member of the Finance Committee. He understands both the urgency of the debt crisis and the need for a significant effort to reduce that debt before any successful vote on the debt ceiling increase. There is bipartisan opposition in the Senate to raising the debt ceiling unless we do something significant about the debt, and I was encouraged to see the President acknowledge that in an interview Friday. With the President’s acknowledgement, and with the S&P warning of the consequences of inaction, it is my hope that there will be a new urgency from the White House and our friends across the aisle to finding solutions to what we all know must be done. A serious and credible path forward to reduce spending is the only thing, in my judgment, that will get Republican votes in the Senate to raise the debt ceiling. Partisan speeches and promises of some future cuts after the President leaves office simply won’t suffice.”
The first meeting with the Vice President will take place at Blair House on May 5th.
Apr 19 2011
McConnell Taps Republican Whip Kyl for Deficit Meetings with Vice President
WASHINGTON, DC – Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday named Sen. Jon Kyl, the Republican Whip, as the Senate Republican appointee to the deficit spending meetings announced by President Obama that will be led by the Vice President.
“Sen. Kyl is a key member of our leadership team and a senior member of the Finance Committee. He understands both the urgency of the debt crisis and the need for a significant effort to reduce that debt before any successful vote on the debt ceiling increase. There is bipartisan opposition in the Senate to raising the debt ceiling unless we do something significant about the debt, and I was encouraged to see the President acknowledge that in an interview Friday. With the President’s acknowledgement, and with the S&P warning of the consequences of inaction, it is my hope that there will be a new urgency from the White House and our friends across the aisle to finding solutions to what we all know must be done. A serious and credible path forward to reduce spending is the only thing, in my judgment, that will get Republican votes in the Senate to raise the debt ceiling. Partisan speeches and promises of some future cuts after the President leaves office simply won’t suffice.”
The first meeting with the Vice President will take place at Blair House on May 5th.