[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 89 (Thursday, May 25, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H2610]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          DEBT CEILING CRISIS

  (Ms. KELLY of Illinois asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. KELLY of Illinois. Madam Speaker, it is an unfortunate reality 
that hypocrisy has become a guiding principle of the leadership of this 
body.
  Three times we raised the debt limit under the previous President. 
Those three times the American people never once had to worry that we 
would not pay our bills or that their retirement was in danger.
  This is a manufactured crisis by House Republicans. It is an act of 
calculated cruelty that would put millions out of work and force 
families across the country to wonder where their next meal will come 
from.
  In my district, an estimated 95,600 households with Social Security 
checks are at risk.
  My constituents are not alone. Madam Speaker, think of the people 
back home who elected you to represent their interests faithfully. It 
is in no one's interest to manufacture an economic crisis.
  We can fix this crisis right now. All we need are five brave 
Republicans, five Republicans who care about veterans, five Republicans 
who care about Social Security, five Republicans who care about 
Medicare, and five Republicans who care about our future.

  It is time to do our job.

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