GOP Rep. Roy: Debt Ceiling Deal ‘Not a Deal We Should Be Taking’

Chip Roy, a Republican from Texas who appeared on FNC Special Report Monday, criticized the groundbreaking debt ceiling agreement between the House Republican leadership and Biden’s administration.

The Texas Republican warned that the United States is “barreling” towards unlimited debt. He urged his colleagues to stick to the plan passed by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives earlier this year.

He said, “[W]e can pass now and sweep the COVID funds, sweep up the IRS money which was meant to expand the IRS and go after the American public — three to five time more money going after hardworking Americans and minorities who are poorer and less wealthy than non-minorities,” Why don’t you take the money and give Janet Yellen some breathing space in June and/or July? Then let’s pass a responsible increase to the debt ceiling.

Roy continued, “I also know that The Wall Street Journal has editorialized in its favor.” But, again, I understand why. They are thinking in terms of check-the box wins. Take a look at the curve. The government in the United States is now 40% larger than it was before COVID. We should return to the pre-COVID level of spending. We asked for it. We’re not. “This deal does not do that.”