[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 185 (Wednesday, November 8, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H5648]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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             MAGA REPUBLICANS DRIVE FOR GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

  (Mr. PAYNE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to question the Republicans' 
commitment to the American people.
  We are 9 days away from the end of government funding for critical 
programs nationwide. Republicans should be working with Democrats to 
continue funding in the best interests of the American people. Instead, 
they are holding the government funding hostage to demand cuts to 
programs Americans need every day.
  They want to cut Social Security and Medicare and deny food and 
medicine to seniors and lower income American families. They want to 
cut funding to efforts to provide clean air and water nationwide and 
allow polluters to threaten the lives of Americans, especially American 
children.
  They want to cut IRS funding that will force the wealthy, tax-
cheating Americans and corporations to pay their fair share and rob our 
country of $3 trillion in new revenue.
  These are not the actions of a party dedicated to the best interests 
of Americans.

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