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Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023

Floor Speech

Date: May 31, 2023
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. SCHNEIDER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the bipartisan budget agreement and President Biden's work to ensure the Nation pays our bills and avoids a catastrophic, self-inflicted economic crisis.

This legislation protects the many bipartisan achievements realized in the last Congress, such as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, CHIPS and Science Act, PACT Act, as well as the Inflation Reduction Act with its historic investments in addressing climate change.

With this vote, we will protect Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid and prevent devastating cuts sought to life-sustaining SNAP and TANF programs. With this vote, we will keep America moving forward to meet the challenges ahead of us.

Compromise requires give-and-take, and both sides made difficult concessions to achieve this agreement. This is the result of bipartisan dealmaking, and I look forward to holding up the President's side of this bargain.

I hope this is a learning moment, and we can avoid future political brinkmanship.

Mr. Speaker, I urge all my colleagues to put the American people over politics and support this important bill.

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