[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 165 (Thursday, September 23, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H5105]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         RAISE THE DEBT CEILING

  (Mr. WELCH asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WELCH. Mr. Speaker, the question before this Congress will be 
whether we do our duty and raise the debt ceiling. The question of the 
debt ceiling is not about authorizing new spending. It is about paying 
our bills, and it is no different than if a family decided it was sick 
of paying the mortgage and stiffed the bank. Enormous collateral damage 
occurs to our economy and to our reputation.
  What is so dangerous about what is starting to happen in this 
Congress is that one side is embracing tactics, shutting down 
government, defaulting on our debt, that have the likelihood of 
collateral damage to our reputation, our economy, to our jobs and our 
prosperity. These tactics, shutting down government, defaulting on 
paying our bills, much of which have been run up by the Trump 
administration, must be renounced.
  Raise the debt ceiling. Pay our bills. Do our duty.

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