Mark Walker: Pay for hurricane aid with spending cuts

Published October 12, 2017 11:37am ET



Rep. Mark Walker, R-N.C., says Congress should be cutting spending as it passes bills to help Florida, Texas, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands recover from hurricane damage.

“Congress should pay for these emergency packages by cutting spending in other areas that are less of a priority,” Walker wrote in an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal. “Hurricane aid shouldn’t be added to the debt.”

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