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Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023

Floor Speech

Date: May 31, 2023
Location: Washington, DC

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Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, Republicans claim they just had to threaten the economic well-being of every American man, woman, and child because the $31 trillion debt was too high.

Well, hypocrisy, thou hast a name, GOP. Because what they insisted on, their red line was not financial at all; it was to double down on the so-called ``work requirements.'' Thank God the White House negotiations pushed back on the worst of these changes in TANF that would have saved $6 million over 10 years.

Speaker after speaker has insisted on denying food to poor, old women who are primarily Black and Brown. It seems like the pound of flesh that you get is more delicious than having savings, but just wait. Before the ink is dry on this bill, you will be pushing for $3.5 trillion in business tax cuts. Hear my words. You heard it here first.

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