Utah Rep. Blake Moore supports a bipartisan bill to raise the debt ceiling, calling it a 'reversal of debt culture.'
But Rep. Blake Moore, R-Utah, said he supports the bill — which is expected to be voted on later Wednesday — saying it's the first time he'll be able to affirmatively vote on a measure to reduce federal spending, even if the compromise doesn't include every Republican ask.on Tuesday. "For me, it was: Make sure I'm there to support Hill Air Force Base. ... Be a part of reversing debt culture, and, of course, be an optimistic conservative voice for the next generation.
"Candidly, I've been in the minority party, and there's no real burden of governing when you're in the minority. It's probably one of the most simple things. You show up, you vote no, you complain about it. I did a lot of that. There were a lot of spending bills, and I voted no against the vast majority of them," he said. "And I'm proud of those votes, and I stick by them because debt and deficits, that's the most important thing to me.
After Biden and other top Democrats called for a "clean increase" of the debt ceiling without any spending cuts, Moore called the concessions "historic." The bill includes a 1% cap on spending over the next two years, which will actually represent a decrease in spending due to the current high level of inflation.
Sen. Mitt Romney, on the other hand, released a statement calling it a "good-faith bipartisan compromise," while acknowledging that it lacks entitlement reform he would have liked to see included.
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