[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 89 (Thursday, May 25, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H2617]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          DEBT CEILING CRISIS

  (Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today on behalf of the 
children in Georgia's Fighting 5th Congressional District at risk of 
going hungry in the face of this cruel Republican default.
  Extreme MAGA Republicans are proposing cuts to 200,000 Head Start 
slots and 180,000 childcare slots nationwide. You all, that is more 
than 300,000 families who will be thrown into a devastating bind.
  When families don't have access to care, they can't get to work, 
making it harder to put food on the table every day. This is a real-
life dilemma facing parents like Chelsea and Dorian in Clayton County, 
Georgia, two mamas who are looking for jobs, but facing one major 
roadblock: Childcare.
  Now, extreme MAGA Republicans are threatening to make their childcare 
search even harder. That, or risk a disastrous default on our debt. 
Republicans are headed home for barbecues and hanging out with their 
families making their priorities clear.
  A great speaker once said: ``Sometimes you have to take a punch and 
give a punch for the children.'' You all, I am ready to fight for a 
solution on behalf of our children, and I am waiting for my Republican 
colleagues who are brave enough to fight alongside me for the children 
putting people over politics.

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