Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023

Floor Speech

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Ms. SEWELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the bipartisan budget agreement in order to protect Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, while also preventing a devastating default on our debt.

To be clear, this bill is far from perfect, but it prevents a default, it prevents future efforts to hold this Nation hostage for the rest of the 118th Congress, and it prevents cruel Republican cuts.

This budget agreement that President Biden negotiated protects funding for education, healthcare, veterans' benefits, Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. Most importantly, it prevents Republicans from forcing a devastating default that would kill countless jobs in my district and destroy our economy.

Mr. Speaker, I join in expressing my frustration with the crisis that my Republican colleagues have manufactured. The American people deserve better than a Republican majority that chooses to govern crisis by crisis. Let's lift this debt ceiling and get on with the people's business in the people's House.

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