LOUISVILLE, KY - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made the following statement on Thursday regarding the President’s deficit commission:

“The American people are deeply concerned by the amount of money politicians in Washington have been spending and they want us to get a handle on spending without raising taxes. After trillions in new and proposed spending, Americans know our problem is not that we tax too little, but that Washington spends too much—that should be the focus of this commission.”