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Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023

Floor Speech

Date: June 1, 2023
Location: Washington, DC

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Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I rise in opposition to the Senator's amendment, which would lead to more reckless brinkmanship, more arbitrary cuts by permanently rescinding 1 percent of discretionary appropriations every 30 days during a debt limit crisis. This makes no sense. Rewarding brinkmanship by slashing funding that our families and our communities and our troops depend on is an absolutely dangerous way to govern.

Members on both sides of the aisle come to the floor to air legitimate grievances about this process and the outcome and this debt limit deal. Nobody likes the position we are in today--nobody. Passing this amendment would prove we have learned nothing.

We do not need to create new opportunities for hostage-taking and cuts that would seriously undermine our economy, our families, our future, and our global leadership. We just need to do our job. Right now, we have to pass this bill to avoid a catastrophic default.

I will be voting no. I urge my colleagues to do the same.

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Mrs. MURRAY. Madam President, I rise in opposition to the Senator's amendment.

Our defense spending is critical, but so are our investments to combat fentanyl; rebuild American manufacturing, especially for things like chips; improve access to childcare, early learning, and a lot more. We cannot shortchange our investments in families and our country's future, and the underlying bill will already force painful cuts.

This amendment would make it so the consequences of failing to pass our appropriations bills falls heavily on our nondefense programs, and that will hurt our families across the country. Let me be clear. We will not let that happen.

None of us want to end up in a situation where we have a CR in the first place. That is exactly why I am committed to making sure that we write the strongest 12 funding bills possible and get them passed in a timely way.

This amendment will set us back even further and target the programs that are a lifeline for working people in this country.

I urge my colleagues to vote no. Vote on Amendment No. 106

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