[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 26, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H2041]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      CLEANLY RAISING DEBT CEILING

  (Mrs. McCLELLAN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. McCLELLAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to underscore the pressing 
need to protect the full faith and credit of the United States and 
cleanly raise the debt ceiling.
  The debt default would be catastrophic for my constituents in 
Virginia's Fourth District and for Americans across the Nation. It 
would jeopardize Social Security payments for 98,000 families in my 
district and disrupt over $160 million a month in Social Security 
income, not to mention its detrimental impacts on mortgage payments, 
student loans, car loans, and more.
  Yet, congressional Republicans are holding the American economy 
hostage, threatening a default unless their extreme proposals are met. 
Let's be clear, H.R. 2811, or the default on America act, would slash 
funding and limit access to crucial social safety net programs like 
SNAP benefits, school funding, and childcare options, which would 
disproportionately impact low-income communities and communities of 
color.
  It would also immediately rescind $2 billion in funding of veteran 
medical care, impacting countless veterans and families in our 
communities.
  Mr. Speaker, we need to cleanly raise the debt ceiling without 
strings attached that affect our national security interests.

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