[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 8, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H1199]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      FACTS ABOUT OUR DEBT CEILING

  (Ms. GARCIA of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. GARCIA of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to lay out a few facts 
about the debt ceiling.
  Raising the debt ceiling is about meeting obligations the government 
has already made and has nothing to do with new spending.
  Since World War I, we have raised the debt ceiling under every single 
President--every single President.
  So let's remember a few facts: The national debt under the Trump 
administration rose significantly by $8 trillion, a total of roughly 25 
percent of the entire debt at the time he left office. That is one-
quarter of the entire debt by President Trump.
  Republicans voted three times--three times--to raise the debt limit 
under the Trump administration.
  So where was the Republican outrage then?
  President Biden has lowered the deficit by $1.7 trillion during the 
first 2 years of office and has a plan to reduce it even more.
  Mr. Speaker, yet House Republicans used their very first bill to hand 
a giveaway to big corporations and billionaires that cheat on their 
taxes, adding an explosive $114 billion to the deficit, and still no 
plan to reduce debt. House Democrats put people over politics, 
solutions over rhetoric.

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