I feel quite confident that unfortunately the other credit agencies will downgrade us if this debt ceiling drama plays out much longer.

I think what we ultimately all want is higher living standards for the American people, and if anything, our low taxes are getting in the way of that here.

you think about that--too often around here we hear about the spending side, but we don't hear about the whole other half of the equation, which is the revenue side.

Mr. Chairman, in all seriousness now, I have to say, at first, I am disappointed, you only used the word 'woke' twice.

Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Pelosi), Speaker Emerita of the House.

Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro), the ranking member of the Appropriations Committee. Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, preventing default is an obligation that Congress has. My Republican colleagues…

Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Vermont (Ms. Balint), a distinguished member of the Budget Committee.

Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Grijalva), the ranking member of the Natural Resources Committee.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, my friends on the other side of the aisle will claim they are being ``fiscally responsible.'' Let's be clear. There never has been and never will be anything fiscally…

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…

Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Minnesota (Ms. Craig), a member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce.