[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

  (Ms. PRESSLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. PRESSLEY. Madam Speaker, I rise today on behalf of the hundreds 
of thousands of people in the Massachusetts Seventh District: the 
single mom in Randolph who depends on SNAP to feed her babies, the 
disabled veteran in Chelsea who relies on SSDI, and families in Roxbury 
struggling to pay rent and their mortgages.
  My colleagues across the aisle say that they care about seniors, 
veterans, and children and families, but in the words of James Baldwin: 
``I can't believe what you say because I see what you do.''
  The Republicans continue to govern in a way that is clueless, 
callous, with great contempt, and I would say godless because faith 
without works is dead.
  Republicans want us to make an impossible choice, extreme and drastic 
cuts in lifesaving programs or catastrophic default on our debt, both 
of which would impact our most vulnerable.
  This is a manufactured crisis. That is a false choice.
  Republicans don't have even an ounce of compassion.
  Democrats want to change and save lives. Republicans want to play 
with yours, and the American people are currently in limbo because of 
it.
  Stop playing with people's lives. This is not a game. Pass a clean 
debt ceiling increase.

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