Utah’s freshman Democratic congressman, Ben McAdams, completed a tour of the state Legislature on Tuesday, visiting the majority and minority caucuses of the House and Senate in a series of public and private meetings.
Speaking to House Republicans, McAdams thanked the representatives for their collaboration with his former Salt Lake County Mayor’s office on Operation Rio Grande, and suggested they continue working together to advance Utah’s agenda in Washington.
In response to a question about the national debt, which recently exceeded $22 trillion, McAdams said the nation’s deficit has been a bipartisan failure and that the debt is becoming a threat to national security.