![]() This particular situation is under the purview of Secret Service, and so I will leave it to them to speak to directly. It was a meaningful event and opportunity to celebrate along Muslim leaders from across the country who were here - as I said, nearly 400. What I will say more broadly is that - and I can say this I was in the room - the President was very proud to welcome nearly 400 Muslim Americans to the White House to celebrate Eid yesterday. JEAN-PIERRE: So, let me just first say this is under the purview of the Secret Service. The first one: Why was the mayor of Prospect Park barred from attending the White House’s Eid celebration last night? With that, Seung Min, you want to take - kick us off? President - President Biden will not allow that to happen. And they’d be doing that at the expense of our nation’s veterans, our schoolteachers, our police, our border patrol. Their Default in America Act would be a boon for big oil, preserving $31 billion in subsidies for companies that are already posting record profits to the tune of tens of billions of dollars. Sadly, Republicans are now attacking the very veterans group who raised alarm bells about these draconian cuts to the programs veterans and families rely on.Īnd that’s not only - that’s not only the - that’s not the only thing that they’re doing.Īfter pushing to repeal literal - literally dozens of clean energy tax credits, House Republicans are going out of their way to profess their loyalty to big oil. Republicans made last-minute changes to protect special interests, but they refuse to include veterans in those protections. More than two dozen veterans’ organizations publicly pleaded with House Republicans to protect veterans from general budget cuts. Their bill would cut 81,000 jobs from the VA, reducing outpatient visits by 30 million, and increase the disability claims backlog by an estimated 134,000. There is no constituency in this nation that supporting - that supports threatening to kill millions of jobs unless the VA is gutted, except apparently extreme MAGA Republicans - House Republicans, to be even more specific. It makes a series of deeply devastating and unpopular cuts to things like veterans’ health benefits. Given the limited time Congress now has, it is clear that - that the only practical path to avoid default is for Congress to suspend the debt limit without conditions.ĭuring his meeting with the leaders, the President will discuss initiating a separate process to address the budget and appropriations, because we have long said we welcome a conversation about spending priorities.īut it’s - but let’s be clear about the - about what House Republicans’ Default on America Act does. The debt limit was increased three times under President Trump. This is not an issue that we will negi- negotiate on. In his calls, he was clear: It is Congress’s constitutional duty to prevent default. That’s why the President called each of the four leaders yesterday and asked that they come to the White House on May 9th to discuss the urgency and importance of avoiding default. Threatening to default and crash the economy unless the President agrees with Speaker McCarthy’s entire agenda isn’t just unreasonable, it’s dangerous. It is Congress’s constitutional obligation to act, not hold the full faith and credit of the United States hostage unless we allow them to make cuts to programs hardworking Americans rely upon. It is time for the Speaker and the MAGA Republicans to stop the brinksmanship and act to prevent default, which would have devastating consequences on our economy and the American people. The updated projection should be a wake-up call to Congress. In other words, default as early as June 1st. So, yesterday, Secretary Yellen estimated that without action by Congress, we could be unable to meet our obligations. JEAN-PIERRE: Oh, what’s going on? Good afternoon. Get Involved Show submenu for “Get Involved””.The White House Show submenu for “The White House””.Office of the United States Trade Representative.Office of Science and Technology Policy.Executive Offices Show submenu for “Executive Offices””.Administration Show submenu for “Administration””.
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