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On the recordMay 25, 2023
And still I rise; and I rise today with a very simple message. The debt ceiling has outlived its usefulness. It is time to eliminate the debt ceiling. We have to do so because these issues that we are dealing with currently are only the genesis. The revelations will lead us to other issues involving the social agenda. Budgetary items will not be the only items on this extortion agenda. It is time to end the debt ceiling and let us move forward and negotiate as we appropriately should and have done lo these many years. ____________________
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Al Green
Democratic · Texas
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May 25, 2023

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