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| https://www.enzi.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ContentRecord_id=1383850c-c46e-4486-af56-33f7d4e5b79f | Enzi tells treasury secretary unlimited borrowing can’t go on forever, time to work on fiscal solutions is now | 2013-10-10 | 2013 | 2013-10 | Republican | House | WY | Michael Enzi | E000285 | www.enzi.senate.gov | legacy | Washington, D.C. – During a Senate Finance Committee hearing today, U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., questioned Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew about the Administration’s refusal to discuss long-term debt solutions in conjunction with an extension of the debt limit. Enzi said a government shutdown could have been avoided had Congress and the Administration done its job instead of moving from crisis to crisis. Now the Administration is asking for another credit increase without making changes to get the country’s fiscal house in order. Enzi sees now as an opportunity to do the work so we don’t have to make even tougher decisions in the future. Below are excerpts from Enzi’s comments. “This is the 11th time I’ve been through this discussion that the sky is falling and the earth will erupt. Wyoming families aren’t buying these arguments. They’re saying ‘you can’t spend more than you take in’. And you definitely can’t keep doing it forever and ever and ever…That’s what the Wyoming people think; we’ve got a problem with outgo, not income. “Why do you and the president feel that we should not be discussing right now this dire financial situation and coming up with a solution that will put a little bit of room in there for something to be done right now? If these people are running up their credit card debt and they need to raise their limit, they’re expected to say what they will do in order to be able to take care of their debt. “We keep saying that this terrible thing is going to happen and that this is just paying our bills. How many times can we say that this is just paying our bills? The American public doesn’t get that same option, and they don’t think that we ought to get that same option.” | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |