Political Quotes

“As we all know, the House has already voted to address the debt ceiling. Madam Speaker, on April 26, this House passed the Limit, Save, Grow Act. I should say some of this House, but a majority of this House passed a bill to address not only the debt ceiling but also the spending problem in Washington that has brought us to this point. Now, I will also say, Madam Speaker, that for more than 4 weeks, the Senate has not even taken up action on that bill. In fact, the Senate is not even in session today or this week. Madam Speaker, following tomorrow's votes, if some new agreement is reached between President Biden and Speaker McCarthy, Members will receive 24 hours' notice in the event we need to return to Washington for any additional votes either over the weekend or next week. Additionally, we will allow all Members to have 72 hours to review any such legislative text that may come before us relating to the debt ceiling before final passage of that bill. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Massachusetts (Ms. Clark).”