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Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, yesterday, President Biden took one step toward the debt limit solution we have been laying out for him literally for months.

After meeting with Speaker McCarthy, the President, finally-- finally--designated specific members of his staff to negotiate with the Speaker's office directly.

I am glad the President has taken the advice that I gave him back in February; that this would ultimately end in a negotiation between the President and the Speaker. It is encouraging that the White House is now engaging seriously with the only counterpart who can help deliver an actual solution. But because it took the President 3 months to start dealing in reality, we now have a time problem.

So I am hopeful the President's team will join with House Republicans to produce a responsible spending agreement to raise the debt ceiling, and I will continue to support Speaker McCarthy 100 percent.

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