[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 163 (Tuesday, September 21, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H4564]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              DEBT CEILING

  (Mr. HERN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HERN. Mr. Speaker, since gaining complete control of the U.S. 
Federal Government with the presidency, a narrow majority in the House, 
and the deciding vote in an equally split Senate, Democrats have 
started on a big and historic deficit spending spree. The national debt 
exceeds $28.7 trillion, and it is growing fast. There is no end in 
sight.
  To continue doing what the government has done for decades--
recklessly spending money with no regard to the impact on future 
generations--is the coward's way out. True leadership takes courage. It 
doesn't take much effort to stand here today and tell you about how 
stupid this kind of spending is, Mr. Speaker. The real challenge is 
actually doing something about it. Writing a budget, passing the 
budget, and appropriating money according to the budget is a process we 
have not completed on time since the nineties.
  Secretary Treasurer Janet Yellen recently said that failing to raise 
the debt ceiling risked ``irreparable harm to the U.S. economy and the 
livelihoods of all Americans.''
  Ignoring their own Treasury Secretary's warning, Democrats decided to 
leave the debt ceiling increase out of their partisan budget 
reconciliation bill, risking financial disaster for the entire Nation.
  I recently led a letter to over 100 colleagues asking them to suspend 
this continuing resolution. While the Democrats want to wave a magic 
wand and pretend the debt doesn't exist, our debts are very real. Our 
Democrat colleagues need to do something about this.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Blumenauer). Members are reminded to 
heed the gavel.

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