Debt Ceiling Crisis

Floor Speech

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Mrs. BEATTY. Madam Speaker, fact: Republicans went home.

Fact: Their side of the Chamber is empty.

Fact: They do not want to negotiate, and they are holding our economy hostage to a ransom note of partisan demands.

Fact: They are taking Medicaid away from millions, firing teachers, removing children from childcare, and ripping food assistance away from our families. They are even slashing veterans' healthcare.

Fact: Their plan would cut jobs.

Republicans are playing political games. They have even said that they are holding us hostage and will not negotiate.

Do you know what, Madam Speaker? It is the American people and our children, like those who are in the gallery today, that they are holding hostage.

It is obvious that Republicans are defaulting on our debt.

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Mrs. BEATTY. Instead of honoring our sacred obligation to pay our bills-- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman's time has expired.

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Mrs. BEATTY. Democrats will not let the bank of justice be destroyed by MAGA Republicans.

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Mrs. BEATTY. We come to this floor today, the people's House, to put people over politics.

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