Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Clean Increase in Debt Ceiling

Letter

By: John Tierney, Bob Brady, Jim Costa, Karen Bass, Jan Schakowsky, Scott Peters, John Conyers, Jr., Steny Hoyer, Joyce Beatty, Diana DeGette, Bill Enyart, Joaquin Castro, Jim Cooper, José Serrano, Rubén Hinojosa, Sr., Mike Thompson, Donna Edwards, Jim Himes, Jackie Speier, Allyson Schwartz, David Cicilline, Dutch Ruppersberger, Niki Tsongas, Bennie Thompson, Candice Miller, David Price, Jim Clyburn, Dave Loebsack, Dan Kildee, John Larson, Sandy Levin, Grace Napolitano, Grace Meng, Gerry Connolly, Annie Kuster, Carol Shea-Porter, Lloyd Doggett II, Rick Nolan, Julia Brownley, Betty McCollum, Marc Veasey, Corrine Brown, Bobby Rush, Matt Cartwright, Juan Vargas, Brad Sherman, Al Green, Sheila Jackson Lee, Chaka Fattah, Sr., Susan Davis, Joe Kennedy III, Tulsi Gabbard, Eleanor Norton, Jim Langevin, Lucille Roybal-Allard, John Carney, Jr., Mike Honda, Paul Tonko, Henry Waxman, Hakeem Jeffries, John Yarmuth, Rosa DeLauro, Pedro Pierluisi, Lois Frankel, Rick Larsen, Nita Lowey, Michelle Lujan Grisham, Mike Michaud, Rush Holt, Jr., Loretta Sanchez, Suzanne Bonamici, Charlie Rangel, Nydia Velázquez, Eliot Engel, Tim Walz, Jerry Nadler, Kurt Schrader, Gene Green, Peter DeFazio, Kilili Sablan, Donna Christensen, John Sarbanes, Bill Keating, Emanuel Cleaver II, Adam Smith, Cedric Richmond, Brian Higgins, Beto O'Rourke, Pete Visclosky, Barbara Lee, Joe Crowley, Colleen Hanabusa, Madeleine Bordallo, Eric Swalwell, Mark Takano, Raul Grijalva, Luis Gutiérrez, Richard Neal, Ed Perlmutter, Elijah Cummings, Sam Farr, Jim McDermott, Alcee Hastings, Sr., Judy Chu, Frederica Wilson, Terri Sewell, Denny Heck, Marcia Fudge, G. K. Butterfield, Jr., Alan Lowenthal, Henry Cuellar, André Carson, Joe Courtney, Elizabeth Esty, Hank Johnson, Jr., Linda Sánchez, Gwen Moore, Sanford Bishop, Jr., Maxine Waters, Suzan DelBene, Peter Welch, Bobby Scott, Eddie Johnson, Nancy Pelosi, Dina Titus, Jim McGovern, Janice Hahn, Steven Horsford, Chellie Pingree, Louise Slaughter, Mike Capuano, Cheri Bustos, Gregory Meeks, Yvette Clarke, Carolyn Maloney, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Mark Pocan, Ami Bera, Jared Huffman, Ann Kirkpatrick, Tony Cárdenas, John Delaney, Jared Polis, Kevin McCarthy, Albio Sires, Robin Kelly, Chris Van Hollen, Jr., Brad Schneider, Stephen Lynch, Doris Matsui, Tim Bishop, Mel Watt, Tim Ryan, John Dingell, Zoe Lofgren, Steve Israel, Mike Quigley, Nick Rahall II, Keith Ellison, Rob Andrews, Kathy Castor, Adam Schiff, Steve Cohen, Gloria Negrete McLeod, Anna Eshoo, Jerry McNerney, Ted Deutch, Ben Luján, Jr., Danny Davis, Lois Capps, John Garamendi, Bill Pascrell, Jr., Mike Doyle, Jr., Lacy Clay, Jr., John Lewis, Eni Faleomavaega, Tammy Duckworth, David Scott, Earl Blumenauer, Frank Pallone, Jr., Don Payne, Jr., Marcy Kaptur, Xavier Becerra, Jim Moran, Jr., Bill Foster
Date: Sept. 25, 2013
Location: Washington, DC

Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi along with 185 Members of the House Democratic Caucus, led by Chief Deputy Whip Peter Welch, sent a letter to President Barack Obama stating their support for a clean debt ceiling increase that ensures the full faith and credit of the United States of America and avoids a Republican default. Below is the full text of the letter:

September 25, 2013

The Honorable Barack H. Obama
President of the United States
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500

Dear Mr. President:

Congress will soon be faced with the question of whether we raise the debt ceiling to ensure America pays its bills for expenses already incurred or whether we plunge the country into default for the first time in our history. We appreciate your strong leadership on this issue and share your view that defaulting on our obligations would cause immediate and irreparable harm to America's economy. We will support a clean extension of the debt ceiling when the House takes up this issue.

Sincerely,

Democratic Caucus Chief Deputy Peter Welch (VT-AL)
Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi
Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer
Assistant Democratic Leader James E. Clyburn
Democratic Caucus Chairman Xavier Becerra
Democratic Caucus Vice Chairman Joseph Crowley
Robert E. Andrews (NJ-1)
Karen Bass (CA-37)
Joyce Beatty (OH-3)
Ami Bera (CA-7)
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-2)
Timothy H. Bishop (NY-1)
Earl Blumenauer (OR-3)
Suzanne Bonamici (OR-2)
Madeleine Z. Bordallo (GU-DL)
Robert A. Brady (PA-1)
Corrine Brown (FL-5)
Julia Brownley (CA-26)
Cheri Bustos (IL-17)
G.K. Butterfield (NC-1)
Lois Capps (CA-24)
Michael E. Capuano (MA-7)
Tony Cardenas (CA-29)
John C. Carney, Jr. (DE-AL)
Andre Carson (IN-7)
Matthew A. Cartwright (PA-17)
Kathy Castor (FL-14)
Joaquin Castro (TX-20)
Donna M. Christensen (VI-DL)
Judy Chu (CA-27)
David N. Cicilline (RI-1)
Yvette D. Clarke (NY-9)
WM. Lacy Clay (MO-1)
Emanuel Cleaver, II (MO-5)
Steve Cohen (TN-9)
Gerald E. Connolly (VA-11)
John Conyers, Jr. (MI-13)
Jim Cooper (TN-5)
Jim Costa (CA-16)
Joe Courtney (CT-2)
Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
Elijah E. Cummings (MD-7)
Danny K. Davis (IL-7)
Susan A. Davis (CA-53)
Peter DeFazio (OR-4)
Diana DeGette (CO-1)
John K. Delaney (MD-6)
Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3)
Suzan K. DelBene (CO-1)
Ted Deutch (FL-21)
John Dingell (MI-12)
Lloyd Doggett (TX-35)
Michael F. Doyle (PA-14)
Tammy Duckworth (IL-8)
Donna F. Edwards (MD-4)
Keith Ellison (MN-5)
Eliot L. Engel (NY-16)
William L. Enyart (IL-12)
Anna G. Eshoo (CA-18)
Elizabeth H. Esty (CT-5)
Eni F.H. Faleomavaega (AS-DL)
Sam Farr (CA-20)
Chaka Fattah (PA-2)
Bill Foster (IL-11)
Lois Frankel (FL-22)
Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11)
Tulsi Gabbard (HI-2)
John Garamendi (CA-3)
Al Green (TX-9)
Gene Green (TX-29)
Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ-3)
Luis V. Gutierrez (IL-4)
Janice Hahn (CA-44)
Colleen W. Hanabusa (HI-1)
Alcee Hastings (FL-20)
Denny Heck (WA-10)
Brian Higgins (NY-26)
James A. Himes (CT-4)
Rubén Hinojosa (TX-15)
Rush Holt (NJ-12)
Michael M. Honda (CA-17)
Steven A. Horsford (NV-4)
Jared Huffman (CA-2)
Steve Israel (NY-3)
Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18)
Hakeem S. Jeffries (NY-8)
Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30)
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (GA-4)
Marcy Kaptur (OH-9)
Bill Keating (MA-9)
Robin Kelly (IL-2)
Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (MA-4)
Daniel T. Kildee (MI-5)
Derek Kilmer (WA-6)
Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-1)
Ann M. Kuster (NH-2)
James R. Langevin (RI-2)
Rick Larsen (WA-2)
John B. Larson (CT-1)
Barbara Lee (CA-13)
Sander M. Levin (MI-9)
John Lewis (GA-5)
Dave Loebsack (IA-2)
Zoe Lofgren (CA-19)
Alan S. Lowenthal (CA-47)
Nita M. Lowey (NY-17)
Ben Ray Luján (NM-3)
Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM-1)
Stephen F. Lynch (MA-8)
Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12)
Doris O. Matsui (CA-6)
Carolyn McCarthy (NY-4)
Betty McCollum (MN-4)
Jim McDermott (WA-7)
James P. McGovern (MA-2)
Jerry McNerney (CA-9)
Gregory W. Meeks (NY-5)
Grace Meng (NY-6)
Michael H. Michaud (ME-2)
George Miller (CA-11)
Gwen Moore (WI-4)
James P. Moran (VA-8)
Jerrold Nadler (NY-10)
Grace F. Napolitano (CA-32)
Richard Neal (MA-5)
Gloria Negrete McLeod (CA-35)
Rick Nolan (MN-8)
Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC-DL)
Beto O'Rourke (TX-16)
Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-6)
Bill Pascrell, Jr. (NJ-9)
Donald J. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10)
Ed Perlmutter (CO-7)
Scott H. Peters (CA-52)
Pedro R. Piersluisi (PR-DL)
Chellie Pingree (ME-1)
Mark Pocan (WI-2)
Jared Polis (CO-2)
David E. Price (NC-4)
Mike Quigley (IL-5)
Nick Rahall (WV-3)
Charlie B. Rangel (NY-13)
Cedric L. Richmond (LA-2)
Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40)
Bobby L. Rush (IL-5)
C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-2)
Tim Ryan (OH-13)
Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (MP-DL)
Linda Sánchez (CA-38)
Loretta Sanchez (CA-46)
John P. Sarbanes (MD-3)
Janice D. Schakowsky (IL-9)
Adam B. Schiff (CA-28)
Brad Schneider (IL-10)
Kurt Schrader (OR-5)
Allyson Y. Schwartz (PA-13)
David Scott (GA-13)
Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-3)
José E. Serrano (NY-15)
Terri A. Sewell (AL-7)
Carol Shea-Porter (NH-1)
Brad Sherman (CA-30)
Albio Sires (NJ-8)
Louise McIntosh Slaughter (NY-25)
Adam Smith (WA-9)
Jackie Speier (CA-14)
Eric Swalwell (CA-15)
Mark Takano (CA-41)
Bennie G. Thompson (MS-2)
Mike Thompson (CA-5)
John F. Tierney (MA-6)
Dina Titus (NV-1)
Paul D. Tonko (NY-20)
Niki Tsongas (MA-3)
Chris Van Hollen (MD-8)
Juan Vargas (CA-51)
Marc A. Veasey (TX-33)
Nydia M. Velázquez (NY-7)
Peter J. Visclosky (IN-1)
Timothy J. Walz (MN-1)
Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (FL-23)
Maxine Waters (CA-43)
Melvin L. Watt (NC-12)
Henry A. Waxman (CA-33)
Frederica S. Wilson (FL-24)
John A. Yarmuth (KY-3)


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