[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 93 (Wednesday, May 31, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H2669]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            CLEAN DEBT BILL

  (Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE. Mr. Speaker, I rise in awe of Republicans' ability 
to hijack our economy and put lives at risk.
  We should be voting on a clean debt limit bill, not a quasi-budget 
bill that began with their phony default on America act.
  They usurped a legitimate policy process to get gains they knew would 
never make it across the finish line. This has been about a vengeful 
GOP party chomping at the bit for retribution and willing to push our 
country to the brink of economic catastrophe.
  Let's not forget where we started. Republicans wanted to cut food 
benefits, eliminate healthcare, and take away benefits from veterans.
  I want to know how they can say they stand for this Republic and the 
American people, when their actions say the opposite. They have proven 
what they were willing to do to our families and the global economy.
  They think they are drawing blood from Democrats, but really, they 
are exacting their pound of flesh from the American people. If that is 
what they stand for, then like the Speaker votes, later today should be 
easy for them.

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