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




                          PREVENT DEBT DEFAULT

  (Mr. SCOTT of Virginia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Madam Speaker, I rise today to voice my 
opposition to the House Republicans adjourning for the holiday while 
leaving the American people in limbo.
  I get tired of being lectured by Republicans about debts and 
deficits. Twenty-five percent of the entire national debt was 
accumulated under the 4 years of the Trump administration.
  Every Democratic administration since Kennedy has left for their 
Republican successors a better deficit situation than they inherited, 
and every Republican administration since Nixon has left for their 
Democratic successors a worse deficit situation than they inherited--
all without exception.
  Speaker McCarthy has presented a false choice: either we default on 
our debts for the first time in history, or we agree to devastating 
cuts in education, law enforcement, veterans benefits, food assistance, 
border security, and healthcare and going into a recession.
  House Republicans created this crisis. It is time they ended it by at 
least five of them signing the discharge petition and agreeing to 
responsibly pay our Nation's debts.

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