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On the recordApril 26, 2023
Mr. Speaker, just to be clear, to correct the Record, three times under former President Trump, the debt ceiling was increased. Many of us on this side of the aisle voted for it, even though it was a President not of our own party. In those three debt ceiling increases, zero of them, zero included cuts to any government spending. In fact, two of them included increases to government spending. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Higgins), a distinguished member of the Budget Committee.
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Brendan Boyle
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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