Rep. DesJarlais Votes Against Debt Ceiling Deal

Representative Scott DesJarlais (TN-04) issued the following statement after voting against the Budget Control Act of 2011: "As I've said from the beginning, I will not vote in favor of a bill to raise the debt-limit that does not contain the necessary spending cuts and reforms that will prevent our nation's debt from continuing to grow in an unsustainable manner. My constituents sent me to Washington, D.C. to tackle our budget crisis and put America back on the track to fiscal sanity. I hear every day from families in Tennessee's Fourth District that they want the federal government to make tough spending choices, just like they have to do at home.