[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 89 (Thursday, May 25, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H2616]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          DEBT CEILING CRISIS

  (Mr. SABLAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SABLAN. Mr. Speaker, on a day like this, the last day of the week 
when Members get to vote by 11 o'clock, and then they start running out 
that door, I used to be envious.
  Today, I am actually astonished; astonished at the problem before us 
and that people have decided to take a break for Memorial Day. When I 
go home, I have to go home and face 700 families, veterans and their 
families, and their question is going to be: What is going to happen to 
our benefits?
  You might have to fill out extra paperwork to get it. People will 
lose access to their food benefits and their health benefits. Teachers, 
firemen, first responders, and police officers, these are the 
individuals who are going to lose access to the benefits that they 
usually get either from Social Security, from their VA checks, et 
cetera.
  Mr. Speaker, I think we should all come back tomorrow and continue 
the work we have before us. It is too important to allow us to go home.

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