Thread by @WesleyHuntTX

In anticipation of the 2022 Midterm Elections, the Republican Party came before the American people with an ambitious vision, it was called the, “Commitment to America.” One of the pillars of this commitment included, “A Government that’s Accountable.”

Joe Biden has the lowest approval rating of any President in 80 years. He is the weakest President in generations. We can do better than make concessions to an Administration that has lost the confidence of nearly 70% of America.

A deal on the Debt Ceiling that concedes our ability to leverage border security during the worse border crisis in our history doesn’t hold government accountable.

A deal on the Debt Ceiling that doesn’t defund Biden’s new army of IRS agents doesn’t hold government accountable.

A deal on the Debt Ceiling that doesn’t include a vast portion of H.R. 1, which restores American Energy Dominance, doesn’t hold government accountable.

A deal that will extend the debt limit until January 2025, essentially kicking the can down the road for two more years, doesn’t hold government accountable.

I have three small children at home. I fought in combat to preserve a future for my children and yours.

As many of you know, shortly after the premature birth of my son, I flew back to Washington to cast a deciding vote making Kevin McCarthy the Speaker of the House on the 15th round.

I did so because I believe it was critical for our party to be united so that we could quickly get to the work of the American people.

In our first 100 days, Republicans delivered on historic legislation in the House of Representatives.

Many of us knew that this legislation would not make it into law during Biden’s tenure, but conservatives believed that in this struggle to raise our nation’s debt ceiling, we would force this administration to come to the table and compromise. It was our way of keeping our word… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

The concessions made by the Speaker in his negotiations with President Biden fall far short of my expectations and the expectations of my friends and neighbors in Congressional District 38.

Adding another $4 trillion to the national debt in exchange for spending cuts that amount to a rounding error will condemn your children and mine to generations of untold debt. If we don’t stand up to the Biden Administration now, then when?

For these reasons and more, I will be voting NO on the Biden-McCarthy proposal to raise our nation’s Debt Ceiling. I urge my Republican colleagues to do the same.