Hoyer Urges House Republican Leaders to Work with Democrats to Pay America’s Bills

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) urged House Republican leaders to take action to ensure America pays its bills and doesn’t default on November 3 during a colloquy with Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Friday. Below is an excerpt from the colloquy and a link to the video:

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“That's a nice theory, nice rhetoric. We don't have an agreement on a number of things the gentleman has said. What we do have an agreement on, I presume, is that the gentleman from California wants to see a solvent nation, a nation that pays its bills, a nation that does not create a lack of confidence in our own country and around the world. A nation that does not take hostage either its government by shutting it down or take hostage its creditworthiness by bringing us to the brink time after time after time on whether or not we are going to do something that Mr. Hensarling and Mr. Ryan and Mr. Boehner… said, if we don't do, it will have extraordinarily adverse effects on America and on every American.”