[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 89 (Thursday, May 25, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H2611]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          DEBT CEILING CRISIS

  (Mr. MAGAZINER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. MAGAZINER. Madam Speaker, I rise to express my outrage at the 
extreme MAGA Republicans in this House who are fighting to take food 
out of the mouths of children, medicine out of the hands of seniors, 
and relief out of the pockets of working people, all to fund their tax 
cuts for the billionaires and corporations that fund their campaigns.
  Make no mistake: That is what this entire Republican manufactured 
debt crisis is about. It is not about cutting spending.
  If it was about cutting spending, they would support President 
Biden's plan to cut $900 billion from the deficit by negotiating with 
the drug companies for Medicare and Medicaid. But, no, they don't want 
to upset their Big Pharma donors.
  It is not about avoiding default. If it was about avoiding default, 
they would sign the discharge petition and end this whole thing today.
  This is about one thing and one thing only: taking money out of the 
pockets of the working people who I represent and putting it in the 
pockets of the millionaires, the billionaires, and the corporations.

  These reverse Robin Hoods on the Republican side who seek to steal 
from the working people to benefit the rich need to stop this craziness 
and end this thing today.

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