MUNCIE, INDIANA - U.S. Sen. Dan Coats thought a congressional budget report that money would run out for entitlements like Social Security and Medicare in a decade would be bigger news.
"We just cannot sustain government spending the way is going," said The Republican from Indiana.
Coats pointed out that an extension was granted to federal transportation funding which also ran out this summer.
And the fact that Coats is in the minority under Democrat Harry Reid's leadership of Senate caused Coats to say, "We need to change Harry Reid."
Coats was in Muncie, Anderson and Richmond Thursday talking to bank and business leaders while also taking a look at Republican Party base in Indiana. He spoke at a Muncie Delaware County Chamber of Commerce lunch at the Horizon Convention Center.
With 2014 elections coming in November, Indiana Republicans are confident they will hold on to congressional and state legislative seats where they have super majorities in the Legislature and seven of nine congressional seats.
Coats is not on the ballot, but told the media Republicans were optimistic about picking up six seats to oust the Democrats from Senate leadership.
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