The Hill News

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor Wednesday regarding the need for budget cuts, entitlement reforms, and the lack of leadership on the Colombia and Panama Free Trade Agreements:

Later today, senators will have an opportunity to take a position on government spending.

At a time when Washington is borrowing about $4 billion a day, Democrat leaders want to cut about four and a half billion in government spending for the rest of the fiscal year, and then call it a day.

In other words, they want to take what amounts to a day and a half long holiday from their out-of-control spending and then return to the status quo for the rest of the year. 

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