EXCLUSIVE — Eric Hovde, the Wisconsin Republican aiming to take on incumbent Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), said he wants to help prevent a looming fiscal crisis.
During a Friday interview with the Washington Examiner, Hovde, a 59-year-old businessman, said he hopes to get the economy out of the “debt hole” it is in should voters send him to Washington, D.C. His economic vision entails righting the country’s fiscal ship through cuts to spending and other changes.
Hovde said he supports the formation of a bipartisan fiscal commission and that he would “100%” be willing to take on a leadership role in the matter to address the rising debt and soaring interest costs.
“We’ve got to stop digging ourself into such a debt hole. We are probably in a debt trap already,” he said. “Interest costs on our debt now is the second-largest line-item expenditure of the
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