Representative Elissa Slotkin | Official U.S House Headshot
Representative Elissa Slotkin | Official U.S House Headshot
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Elissa Slotkin (MI-07) released the following statement today on the vote to to prevent the U.S. from defaulting on its debt:
“Tonight, I will vote for the debt limit agreement to ensure the United States doesn’t go over a fiscal cliff. Although the bill is far from perfect, I am voting for it to avoid dragging the country into a recession. This package protects Social Security and Medicare, and avoids some of the dramatic cuts sought by Speaker McCarthy that would have devastated families across Michigan. It also protected prescription drug and clean energy provisions from the Inflation Reduction Act. And in a silver lining, this deal helps secure funding for the PACT Act, a landmark veterans bill I helped lead that is already providing health screenings for tens of thousands of servicemembers exposed to toxic chemicals in war zones. While there are a number of parts of this bill, including restrictions on food assistance, that I would not have supported on their own, this was a compromise. And the first mission of any responsible leader should be to prevent harm to their constituents and their country.”
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