The Hill News

At a press conference previewing today’s meeting at the White House regarding the president’s request to raise the debt limit, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) delivered the following remarks:

“I appreciate what the president said today about the need for us to come together and get this done. Our disagreements are not personal. They never have been. The gulf between the two parties right now is about policy.  It’s not about process, and it’s not about personalities

“The president and I agree that the current levels of spending, including entitlement spending, are unsustainable. The president and I do not agree on his view that government needs more revenues through higher taxes on job creators. The president and I also disagree on the extent of the entitlement problem, and what is necessary in order to solve it. 

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