East RGV News

“Speaker McCarthy and House Republicans played games with Americans’ livelihoods and jeopardized the full faith and credit of our country. By toying with default, Republicans risked more than $12 billion in Veteran benefits, $25 billion in Social Security benefits, and $47 billion for Medicare providers. Defaulting would have risked up to eight million American jobs.

 

As a member of the Blue Dog Coalition and the House Financial Services Committee, I understand the need for fiscal responsibility. However, we could have avoided this by passing a clean bill months ago instead of playing political games to the detriment of our constituents.

 

Thanks to President Biden’s leadership, we have a deal to maintain Social Security payments for over 70,000 families and protect the health benefits of more than 300,000 residents who depend on Medicare, Medicaid, or Veterans Affairs for healthcare coverage in the 34th Congressional District of Texas. I voted to support the Bipartisan Budget Deal but I want to be clear: this is not a responsible way to govern. Although not perfect, this bipartisan compromise will raise the debt ceiling and avoid a catastrophic default, putting hardworking families and South Texans first.”

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