Brian Higgins: “The bigger picture of this is to ensure that our National security and our economic security are tied together.”

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York will be postponed. Amendment No. 23 Offered by Mr. Donalds The Acting CHAIR. It is…

You can't continue to hold the American people hostage because of a debt situation that you helped create.

Next Friday $25 billion in Social Security benefits are scheduled to be paid out but will not if the nation defaults on its debt.

Yes, the debt is a problem, but the way that you deal with that is through economic growth.