Legislative Program
Floor Speech
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Mr. SCALISE. Madam Speaker, as we all know, the House has already voted to address the debt ceiling.
Madam Speaker, on April 26, this House passed the Limit, Save, Grow Act. I should say some of this House, but a majority of this House passed a bill to address not only the debt ceiling but also the spending problem in Washington that has brought us to this point.
Now, I will also say, Madam Speaker, that for more than 4 weeks, the Senate has not even taken up action on that bill. In fact, the Senate is not even in session today or this week.
Madam Speaker, following tomorrow's votes, if some new agreement is reached between President Biden and Speaker McCarthy, Members will receive 24 hours' notice in the event we need to return to Washington for any additional votes either over the weekend or next week.
Additionally, we will allow all Members to have 72 hours to review any such legislative text that may come before us relating to the debt ceiling before final passage of that bill.
Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Massachusetts (Ms. Clark).
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Mr. SCALISE. Madam Speaker, reclaiming my time.
Maybe my colleagues on the other side are having buyer's remorse, or should I say voter's remorse, that every single one of them voted against addressing the debt ceiling over a month ago when we brought that bill to the floor.
Now, Madam Speaker, there is a remedy. If anyone in this Chamber, including my friends on the other side, would like to see this problem addressed, they should go over to the Senate side.
Frankly, there is no one there. They should get on the phone and call the Democrat Senators who run the Senate and chose to be out this whole week because they took this so seriously or call the White House and ask the President why he took 97 days off after the first meeting with Speaker McCarthy when the Speaker was ready to negotiate.
We are still here. We have done our job. We have acted. We are, in fact, the only body in this town who has actually taken steps to address the debt ceiling and the spending problem in Washington.
I encourage the Senate to take up the bill. I encourage the President to get engaged and address this problem, but we already have the votes on the board.
I ask that the House be in order and there be some decorum on the other side.
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Mr. SCALISE. Madam Speaker, while some in this town might be interested in theatrics, House Republicans took action.
We passed a bill to address the problem. It is time for my friends on the other side to start doing their job.
Call the Senate back in to take up the bill. If they don't like it, they can amend it. That is part of the legislative process. Let's get our jobs done. We have done ours. They need to do theirs.
Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
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