[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 104 (Wednesday, June 14, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H2927]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  SOUNDING THE ALARM ON NATIONAL DEBT

  (Mr. MANN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MANN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to discuss America's debt crisis.
  We are in the exact same position today that we have been in for 
years. Our national debt is ballooning, and wasteful spending 
continues. In early 2025, we will hit the debt ceiling again and run 
out of money.
  Congress must commit to ending the wasteful government spending that 
is causing this debt crisis in the first place.
  America is bleeding out financially, and I am sounding the alarm. We 
must stop governing from crisis to crisis because all we are doing is 
organizing deck chairs on the Titanic. Our ship is sinking, and if we 
don't act fast, our economy, the value of the dollar, our children's 
future, and the future of this great Nation are going to be forgotten 
relics at the bottom of the sea.
  Kansas and the Big First sent me to D.C. to stop the borrowing and 
spending spree. They sent me to pass legislation like this week's REINS 
Act, which would block costly rules and regulations. Today, America is 
$31 trillion in debt, and soon we will be at $34 trillion in debt. This 
must end.
  We must work together now to create a real solution to this crisis, 
which means coming to the table, having the hard conversations, and 
getting this right for the future of the country.

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