Sen. Corker says debt is biggest threat
U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said Tuesday “the greatest threat to our nation is our inability to get our fiscal house in order.”
As the federal debt topped $20 trillion, Corker said “it is absurd that Washington continues to turn a blind eye to the dangerous crisis staring us in the face.” The debt threat is more severe than either what ISIS terrorists or North Korea present to the United States, Corker said.
“We are now $20 trillion in debt and that number will double in the next 10 years unless we have the courage to put a fiscal straitjacket on Congress,” Corker said.
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