[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 93 (Wednesday, May 31, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H2669-H2670]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        RESTORING FISCAL SANITY

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, today on behalf of all 
Americans, the House will be voting on the Fiscal Responsibility Act to 
restore fiscal sanity and hold Washington accountable.
  Yesterday, a New York Post editorial acknowledged that the debt limit 
deal from Speaker Kevin McCarthy is a win for the Nation.
  It advances the GOP's control-spending agenda significantly, on 
multiple fronts. Most crucially, it starts reducing Federal outlays 
immediately and it

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cuts some spending. That by itself is the first such major spending 
reduction ever.
  It also claws back tens of billions of dollars in unspent COVID 
relief. It adds work requirements for food stamps. It also adds some 
budgeting/appropriations rules that should prevent another omnibus 
monster to avoid a government shutdown. It is the first reform in 
decades of environmental rules that slow major energy and 
infrastructure projects.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops who successfully protected 
America for 20 years as the global war on terrorism continues moving 
from the Afghanistan safe haven to America with Biden's open borders.

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