[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 89 (Thursday, May 25, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H2621]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          DEBT CEILING CRISIS

  (Mr. LANDSMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LANDSMAN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to ask my friends in the 
majority to think about this from a different perspective: It is June, 
and you all have defaulted on America. Millions of people have lost 
their jobs. Our economy is in shambles.
  Madam Speaker, you would look back and say to yourself: There were 
things we could have done. We should not have left. We should not have 
left D.C. We should not have left the Capitol.
  There are solutions. There is a discharge petition behind me. Two 
hundred thirteen Members have signed it. We just need five more, and we 
have a vote.
  There is a bipartisan solution from the Problem Solvers Caucus. We 
could vote on it early next week. You could lock leadership in a room, 
negotiate, and finish this thing.
  It requires, however, folks to come back to work.
  Gavel us back in, and protect millions and millions of people from 
losing their jobs. Come back.

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