WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) released the following statement after voting in favor of the bipartisan budget agreement that will raise the nation’s debt ceiling for the next two years and prevent a potentially devastating default on the nation’s debt:
“In threatening to cause the first ever default, Republicans put the full faith and credit of the United States at risk. They held our entire economy hostage in an effort to advance their extreme partisan agenda and the fact that they were so willing to put hardworking Americans at risk, like they did, should outrage everyone.
“The legislation we approved today isn’t perfect. While there are many things in this agreement that will need to be fixed later on down the road, it prevents what would have been a devastating default on our nation’s debt. It protects Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid. It protects veteran’s health care and will allow us to continue making historic investments to combat the climate crisis. And, most importantly, it prevents Republicans from driving our nation’s economy off a cliff and killing millions of jobs in the process.”
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