Chairman Whitehouse: MAGA Republican Hostage Taking Is the Definition of Extremism

 

 

May 4 | Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, delivers opening remarks at a Budget Committee hearing entitled, "The Default on America Act: Blackmail, Brinkmanship, and Billionaire Backroom Deals." MAGA Republicans’ dangerous bill proposes a terrible choice: default on our financial obligations, cause widespread pain and wreck our economy, or gut basic federal programs essential to our economic strength, cause widespread pain, and wreck our economy.