[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 15851-15852]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     TIME FOR BIPARTISAN SOLUTIONS

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, in 1984, then-Senator Joe Biden had to make a 
choice about whether to support a Federal debt limit increase. He said:

       I must express my protest against continually increasing 
     the debt without taking positive steps to slow its growth.

  Senator Biden voted not to raise the debt ceiling.
  Today, my philosophy on raising the debt ceiling is very similar to 
Vice President Biden's--we can't keep upping our credit limit without 
taking

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steps to get our future debt under control.
  Fourteen days into this Federal Government shutdown and mere days 
away from exhausting government's $16.7 trillion credit limit, the time 
for bipartisan solutions is now.
  The United States should always pay its bills, but the President and 
Members of Congress are responsible to take steps to reduce those bills 
for the future. Both parties need to be committed to this responsible 
reality.

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