[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]




                            THE DEBT CEILING

  (Ms. SALINAS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. SALINAS. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the default on 
America act. This dangerous bill is nothing more than an attempt to 
extract extreme concessions that will benefit big corporations, poison 
our environment, and hurt working families.
  To extract those concessions, House Republicans are threatening to 
default on our debt, something that could push us headlong into a 
recession.
  If we were to default on our debt, 84,000 families in Oregon's Sixth 
District alone would have their Social Security payments jeopardized.
  Mr. Speaker, 278,000 members of my community could lose their 
healthcare benefits, and small businesses in Oregon's Sixth District 
could be forced to pay an additional $2,500 in total loan payments.
  This bill is DOA in the Senate, which gives my colleagues the chance 
to go back to the drawing board and present a clean debt ceiling bill.
  I urge them to take this opportunity to do right by the American 
people.

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