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“First, thank you to the hundreds of constituents who have called, e-mailed and posted comments on my Facebook and Twitter pages. This was a difficult vote, but because of the comments and calls, I cast it with the confidence that it was the right vote for the eighth district of Georgia. My constituents know, as well as I do, that we should do all that we can to keep from defaultin
“We have fundamentally changed the conversation in Washington. Republicans produced a plan that turns Washington’s culture of ‘more spending and more debt’ on its head.”
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Washington D.C. - Representative Austin Scott (GA-08) votes "no" on Tuesday's vote to increase the nation's borrowing capacity:
"I cannot vote for an increase in the debt ceiling, which would saddle future generations with a great debt burden, if the President is not willing to rein in his own spending habits.