Katherine Clark: “I have to say, I am disappointed. It seemed like a simple question: Would you support the cap on insulin at $35 a month…”

“I have to say, I am disappointed. It seemed like a simple question: Would you support the cap on insulin at $35 a month when one in four Americans with diabetes didn't take their medication because they simply couldn't afford it? If the gentleman wants to talk about Social Security, though, I welcome that discussion. Speaker McCarthy was just at the White House yesterday talking with the President, who underlined the urgency of responsibly raising the debt ceiling, something that Republicans did three times under President Trump. However, the majority seems more than ready to hold our economy hostage, to risk a global recession, to risk the full faith and credit of the United States, to gut those very programs, Social Security and Medicare, and to put more money in the pockets of the rich. They are using this debt ceiling as a smokescreen. Let's get the facts straight. This is not about new spending. This is about money we already owe. If we want to go back to a place where Donald Trump really excelled, it was in driving up the deficit: $8 trillion in 4 years under the Trump administration. That is a quarter of our entire debt ceiling. Again, when Donald Trump was in office spiking our debt ceiling, the debt ceiling was raised three times without fanfare. Who benefits from that borrowing? The rich, the very rich, and the ultrarich. If we don't raise this debt ceiling, who do you think is going to take over those payments?…”