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Washington, D.C. – Recently, the Peter G. Peterson Foundation released a report showing that swing state voters overwhelmingly believe that the rising national debt is a critical campaign issue.

According to the report, more than 90 percent of voters across seven key states – Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin – say that it’s important for presidential candidates to have a plan to rein-in the national debt.

“The numbers don’t lie - the American people are concerned about our country’s unsustainable fiscal path, and rightfully so,” said House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19). “Record deficit spending is devaluing the dollar, weakening our economy, and pushing us closer to a debt crisis. We must rein-in Washington’s out-of-control spending and restore fiscal sanity before it’s too late. Instead of reducing the size of government and living within our means, we borrow from the future - placing a deferred tax on our children. We must reverse the Biden-Harris spending spree, fix the broken health care and welfare system, and reignite economic growth by lowering taxes, cutting regulations, and incentivizing work.”

Background:

• The poll was commissioned by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that is dedicated to increasing public awareness of the nature and urgency of key fiscal challenges threatening America's future, and to accelerating action on them.
• Read Chairman Arrington’s statement on the CBO report showing that the Biden-Harris Administration raised the deficit to $1.8 trillion in FY24 HERE.
• Read more about the sharp decline in consumer confidence HERE.
• Read more about how interest payments on the debt have skyrocketed by 153 percent under Biden and Harris HERE.

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