[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]




               REPUBLICAN FAILURE TO ACT ON DEBT CEILING

  (Mr. FROST asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FROST. Mr. Speaker, I rise today because after weeks of pointing 
fingers on the debt ceiling negotiations, House Republicans have 
finally shown their true colors.
  It is Republican leadership that controls this Chamber. It is Speaker 
McCarthy who controls the floor. Yet, instead of working overtime to 
make sure that we don't default on our Nation's debt and send the 
economy into a tailspin and stop the benefits of millions of Americans, 
Members of Congress are going home this weekend.
  The interesting thing is that many of these folks, my colleagues on 
the other side of the aisle, are the same people that clowned me on 
Twitter for not having the best credit after my campaign and being 
denied an apartment here in D.C.
  Imagine the hypocrisy of poor-shaming working people for trying to 
pay off their debts, and then turn around and refuse to pay the 
country's debt to pay for tax cuts for billionaires. It is distasteful, 
disgraceful, and we have to do better.

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