[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 89 (Thursday, May 25, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H2618]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          DEBT CEILING CRISIS

  (Mrs. FOUSHEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mrs. FOUSHEE. Madam Speaker, I rise today to call on my Republican 
colleagues to stop playing ideological games and to do the job that 
they were sent here to do.
  As our country teeters on the brink of an economic catastrophe, they 
rushed out of town and abandoned their responsibilities just like they 
want the United States to abandon our fiscal responsibilities.
  House Republicans have made their message clear: Their needs come 
before the needs of hardworking families, seniors, children, students, 
and veterans. They are willing to hold our economy hostage and are 
willing to risk the livelihoods of millions of Americans with 
devastating cuts to vital programs that keep folks housed, fed, 
healthy, and secure.
  However, Democrats are united. We stand ready to pass a clean debt 
ceiling and to do what is best for our country and the American people.

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