Rosa DeLauro

According to analysis by Moody's Analytics, government spending reductions would cut essential government services that tend to go to lower-income households.

Even approaching a default could cause an increase in borrowing costs and other financial stress, while an actual default would spark a financial crisis and global downturn of unknown but substantial severity.

Even approaching a default could cause an increase in borrowing costs and other financial stress, while an actual default would spark a financial crisis and global downturn of unknown but substantial severity.

Congress has a duty to ensure that the United States can pay its bills on time, and the full faith and credit of the United States must not be used as a bargaining chip.

Congress must reject House Republicans' hostage tactics and vote to raise the debt ceiling cleanly--just as Republicans did three times for President Trump.

According to analysis by Moody's Analytics, government spending reductions would cut essential government services that tend to go to lower-income households.

And it is really unfortunate and sadly that Speaker McCarthy and some of the House Republicans introduced a bill this week and prepared to vote on it this week that would require massive cuts to the healthcare workforce programs.

We ought to eliminate fraud, waste, and abuse.

As a country, we have to consider the consequences of not investing in things that are absolutely essential.

You have 2,000 requests, and those 2,000 requests would have to be jettisoned, if you will, as a consequence.

Okay. Let me just also, because the House Republican bill would rescind all unobligated COVID funds, including all the unobligated funds of the Provider Relief Fund.

This bill would require them to cut health programs by at least 22 percent, possibly closer to 30 percent or more.

Speaker McCarthy and the Republican House majority are demanding massive government funding cuts in fiscal year 2024 appropriations bills.

These proposed cuts would reverse much of the progress we have accomplished over the past 2 years.

I must mention how deeply concerned I am over some of my House Republican colleagues' calls for massive spending cuts.

I am concerned that increase is not large enough given the need for a robust nursing workforce.

Thank you for dedicating your career to the work of saving lives by increasing access to high-quality healthcare.

We are talking about people's lives. And that is what we do on this committee.

Funding should be reduced by at least $20,300,000,000, including the elimination of the Center for Minority Health...

Thank you to Mr. Hoyer.

I would respectfully suggest that the recently enacted abortion bans in dozens of States will exacerbate these mental health issues.

These proposed budget cuts have real consequences, human misery and hurt, especially for folks who are under resourced.

I suggest that is going to bring--that would bring misery and hardship to millions of Americans.

So cutting sort of in a broad stroke can sound very appealing until you come down to what the ramifications of those cuts mean.

I am a strong supporter of their work. They are particularly effective because they have a personal experience with mental health, with substance abuse, homelessness, incarceration, or some sort of other behavioral health crisis.