Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) said he will vote against President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to eliminate or raise the debt limit.
During a Sunday interview on Sunday Morning Futures, Fox News host Mara Bartiromo noted that Trump planned to eliminate or raise the debt limit as part of a large bill that would include funding border security.
“President Trump wants eliminating or raising the debt ceiling in this first big package,” Bartiromo told Johnson. “Will you vote for it?”
“No, we absolutely need a debt ceiling limit,” Johnson insisted. “I’ll negotiate in terms of how far we increase that. There are all kinds of things we could do, but it starts with, again, going back to a baseline spending this reasonable amount as part of the negotiation on increasing debt limit.”
“But we absolutely need that debt limit, or there’s no control over out-of-control government spending,” he added.
“And therein lies the issue here,” Bartiromo pointed out. “We are going to see battles ahead.”
