House Approves Spending Bill and Debt Limit Increase

“We continue to work with the Senate to finish that work. It is imperative that we adopt this continuing resolution to keep the government open and serving the American people during this challenging times. The continuing resolution also includes — this also includes much-needed emergency funding for disaster relief. Communities along the Gulf Coast were hard hit by Hurricane Ida, and Western states are continuing to deal with the devastating wildfires. At the same time, it’s to speak of this legislation also includes additional funding to facilitate the resettlement of our Afghan allies and their families. It’s also essential that we suspend the debt limit to prevent a default that would trigger an economic catastrophe, not only here but around the world. And this continuing resolution includes such a suspension. This is not a Democratic debt. It’s not a Republican debt. It is our debt. It is the debt of the United States of America. We don’t welch on our debts. We pay our debts.” “This is nothing short of big government socialism, suffocating free market capitalism. While this bill works its way through Congress, Democrats are asking Republicans to sign a blank check for their reckless spending. The Democrats are asking us to suspend the debt ceiling for the remainder of their time in the majority to finance reckless spending while we stand on the sidelines, which we’re not going to do.” “On this vote, the yeas are 220 and the nays are 211, with zero answering present. The bill is passed.”