Freedom Weekly Interview

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Brookfield, Feb 24 - Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner spoke with the Freedom Weekly to discuss budget, the debt, energy security, and current legislation he is working on. Read the whole interview here.

Excerpts from the interview:

On the national debt and the President's spending spree:

"More and more people are realizing the seriousness of our country's debt, and coming around to the fact that it can't be ignored any longer. I give Paul Ryan a lot of credit for that. With the country's credit rating being down-graded, we risk interest rates and costs going up in a vicious cycle. And inflation is like a sales tax hitting every part of the economy. A 43% jump in the deficit in President Obama's first three years just can't continue."

On fighting cap-and-tax legislation to protect consumers and our economy from its devastating effects:

"I fought against Climate Change legislation and the ghastly Kyoto protocols. The economic impact of Kyoto would have permanently damaged the country. I think the recession helped all of us who opposed Cap and Tax legislation, because it took the wind out of their sails. But they will never give up, and the Durbin Conference last year demonstrated that. Cap and Tax would be unilateral disarmament of manufacturing by the US and would simply act as a regressive hidden tax."

On America's energy policies:

"Obama told everyone in the last campaign that he would put the coal industry out of business. We are very tied to coal for Wisconsin's energy needs, and our costs are already being affected. Gas is up nearly 100% since he got in office, and electricity prices are jumping. Electricity costs affect everything and businesses and consumers will suffer."