ICYMI: The Hill: Budget chairman: Debt ceiling fight 'a ridiculous position to be in'
EDITOR'S NOTE: John Yarmuth is one of organized labor's best friends in Congress. He has supported the union position on legislation 98 percent of the time since he's been in Congress, according to the AFL-CIO. Click here to see veteran TV journalist Chuck Todd's recent interview with Yarmuth.
By JOSEPH CHOI
Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.), chairman of the House Budget Committee, on Sunday called the U.S. debt ceiling crisis "a ridiculous position to be in."
"We have several options for raising the debt ceiling, which is absolutely, absolutely mandatory," Yarmuth said while appearing on "Fox News Sunday." "We've never defaulted on our debt in history. This is really kind of a ridiculous position to be in. We're the only country in the world that has a debt ceiling that works like this."
Yarmuth also criticized Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) for "running around Kentucky taking credit for a lot of the spending that is now requiring us to raise the debt limit."