[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 89 (Thursday, May 25, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H2619-H2620]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           DEBT LIMIT CRISIS

  (Ms. HOYLE of Oregon asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. HOYLE of Oregon. Madam Speaker, we are at the brink of defaulting 
on the U.S. debt, bringing economic devastation to the world economy 
and downgrading our credit rating, which increases our debt.

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  My Republican colleagues have decided to leave for the weekend, 
dodging their responsibility to this Nation. All they have offered us 
is political theater, with a piece of legislation that would bring 
devastating cuts to 15 percent of the Federal budget and no willingness 
to reverse the Trump tax cuts that benefited their millionaire and 
billionaire donors.
  Last week, my GOP colleagues used every breath to honor the brave men 
and women of law enforcement, yet their bill would cut up to $10 
billion from Federal law enforcement funding and result in a 22 percent 
cut to border security.
  Their bill would cut 27,000 wildland firefighters as fire season is 
starting in the West, putting more lives at risk.
  So I ask my colleagues: Stop the political theater and sign our 
discharge petition. Let's get to work passing a reasonable budget that 
invests in working families.

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