North Tidewater News

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03) joined fellow House Democrats on the House Floor to demand the Republican majority do their jobs and pay America's bills to prevent a devastating economic default. Remarks as delivered are transcribed below.

“Madam Speaker, I rise on May 25 to voice my opposition to House Republicans adjourning for the holiday while leaving the American people in limbo.

“And I get tired of being lectured by Republicans about debts and deficits. 25 percent of the entire national debt was accumulated under the four years of the Trump Administration. Every Democratic Administration since Kennedy has left for the Republican successors’ a better deficit than the they inherited. And every Republican Administration since Nixon has left for their Democratic successors a WORSE deficit situation than they inherited. All without exception.

“Speaker McCarthy has presented a false choice: either we default on our debts for the first time in history or we agree to devastating cuts in education, law enforcement, veterans’ benefits, food assistance, border security and health care AND go into a recession. But House Republicans created this crisis and it is time they end it by at least five of them signing the discharge petition and agreeing to responsibly pay our nation’s debts. Thank you and I yield back.”

Video of Congressman Scott’s floor remarks can be found HERE.

Original source can be found here.