


Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) criticized both President Joe Biden and Democrats in the Senate for leaving Washington, D.C., ahead of the looming deadline for the debt ceiling, expected on or around June 1.
In a thread on Twitter, the Texas congressman called attention to and praised the House GOP's Limit, Save, Grow Act, which would raise the debt ceiling by $1.5 trillion or until March 31 of next year, with the raise being used "for sensible, purposeful non-political reforms." Roy claimed that the reforms in the bill will be used to help the middle class and "hard-working American families."
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"The @HouseGOP bill is the standard & should be fought for," Roy wrote on social media. "@JoeBiden is in Japan. @SenateDems are on recess. We did our job. Our bill IS the deal. Dems want longer extension? Add #HR2 to secure the border."
…The @HouseGOP bill is the standard & should be fought for. @JoeBiden is in Japan. @SenateDems are on recess. We did our job. Our bill IS the deal. Dems want longer extension? Add #HR2 to secure the border. #ShrinkDCGrowAmerica #HoldTheLine #DebtCeiling (10/10) /End Thread
— Chip Roy (@chiproytx) May 19, 2023
The reforms listed by Roy include cutting Inflation Reduction Act taxes and ending the $80 billion expansion of the Internal Revenue Service. The former would save $1.2 trillion and prevent price increases to the cost of gas and electricity, while the latter would prevent the targeting of "poor & minority [taxpayers] 3-5X more than non-poor & minority taxpayers," Roy said.
Another reform that Roy listed was ending Biden's student loan forgiveness plan, which Roy claims picks "winners & losers" by forcing others to pay for "the privileged, some gender studies student’s Masters Degree."
Roy's statement comes as Biden is out of the United States attending the G-7 leaders summit in Japan; he is slated to return to Washington, D.C., on Sunday. Both he and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) appointed a negotiating team to continue debt talks until his return following their meeting at the White House on Tuesday.
On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced the Senate will move forward with its planned May recess, which will end on May 30. A group of 14 House Republicans sent a letter on Monday urging Schumer to keep the Senate in session.
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Roy is not the only House Republican hitting out at Biden over the impending June 1 deadline, as Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) said on Tuesday that the president should be working with lawmakers on a compromise ahead of the deadline instead of spending seven days in Japan, Australia, and Papua New Guinea.
Biden has since canceled the second leg of his trip and will return home after the G-7 summit in Japan.