Levin Statement on GOP Plan to Tie Debt Ceiling Increase to Obamacare Delay

The following press release was published by the U.S. Congress Committee on Ways and Means on Sept. 10, 2013. It is reproduced in full below.

WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) made the following statement today after Majority Leader Cantor reportedly told House Republicans that GOP leaders will demand a delay of the Affordable Care Act’s implementation in exchange for agreeing to raise the debt ceiling:

“Threatening to default and send our economy into a tailspin is irresponsible enough as it is. Threatening to default in order to put big health insurance companies back in charge of Americans’ health care and prevent people from getting affordable health coverage is the height of irresponsibility."

Source: U.S. Congress Committee on Ways and Means