Reed Backs Agreement to Avert Default Crisis
June 03, 2023
June 03, 2023
WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following statement on June 2, 2023:
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U.S. Senator Jack Reed voted to pass the bipartisan budget agreement to take default off the table and prevent a self-inflicted recession, stating:
"This is a vote to prevent default despite the bill's otherwise untenable provisions.
"This legislation needs to pass because it prevents default, which would inflict irreversib . . .
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U.S. Senator Jack Reed voted to pass the bipartisan budget agreement to take default off the table and prevent a self-inflicted recession, stating:
"This is a vote to prevent default despite the bill's otherwise untenable provisions.
"This legislation needs to pass because it prevents default, which would inflict irreversib . . .