在周一纽约证券交易所的演讲中，发言人凯文·麦卡锡说众议院共和党人将在“未来几周”就提高税收的立法进行投票债务最高限额但只有一年，而且与削减开支挂钩。
他继续指责乔·拜登总统不谈判，并指责他“误导公众”。
“我想和你们谈谈没有在华盛顿发生、但应该在我们的国债问题上发生的辩论。这是一场直接影响每个美国人生活的辩论，”麦卡锡说。
他在摊牌中的最新一轮攻击是在白宫警告说，如果众议院共和党人不能在今年夏天之前通过提高债务上限，并且不附带削减预算，这将在世界市场上造成金融混乱。
麦卡锡说，31万亿美元的债务“太高了”，“问题正在恶化，而不是好转。”
“毫不夸张地说，美国的债务是一颗定时炸弹，如果我们不采取认真、负责任的行动，它就会爆炸。然而，拜登总统对这个问题的反应如何呢?他什么也没做。所以，在我看来，他是不负责任的，”麦卡锡说。
拜登和麦卡锡遇见75天前的2月1日，但两位领导人自那以后没有见过面或谈论过债务上限-除了对记者的交易索赔。
总统拒绝就债务上限进行谈判，并拒绝接受共和党将债务上限投票与预算协议相结合的努力。
“总统先生，恕我直言，够了。这不是自由世界的领袖应该采取的行动。你的党派政治游戏正在挑起你声称要避免对中国更大依赖的危机，加剧通货膨胀，威胁医疗保险和社会保障，”麦卡锡说。
麦卡锡说，拖欠我们的债务“不是一个选项”，但指责拜登政府没有与众议院共和党人进行谈判。
麦卡锡说:“毫无疑问:拜登总统越是等待明智、寻求一致，他的政府就越有可能陷入我们国家历史上的首次违约。”
麦卡锡说“无附加条件”的债务限额提高不会通过。
麦卡锡说:“未来几周，众议院将投票表决一项法案，以提高明年的债务上限，为纳税人节省数万亿美元，减少我们对中国的依赖，并抑制高通胀——所有这些都不会触及社会保障或医疗保险。”
他声称，该法案将把联邦支出、经济对中国的依赖以及未来10年支出的增长限制在每年1%的水平。他说，该法案还将“收回”数十亿美元未使用的新冠肺炎相关支出。
“我们的提案还将包括恢复工作要求，以确保没有依靠的健全成年人获得薪水和学习新技能。这将增长我们的经济，并有助于供应链，”麦卡锡说。
该法案将在参议院被否决，麦卡锡希望这将把拜登带到谈判桌上。
2022年11月30日，乔·拜登总统在华盛顿特区美国内政部举行的白宫部落民族峰会上发表讲话。
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在麦卡锡周一发表讲话之前，白宫指责他“挟持了美国的经济和全部信心和信用。”
白宫副新闻秘书安德鲁·贝茨在一份书面声明中说:“议长麦卡锡正拿美国的全部信任和信用做人质，威胁着我们的经济和勤劳的美国人的退休。”演讲不是计划，但很明显，极端的MAGA共和党人的愿望清单将对勤劳的家庭实施毁灭性的削减，将制造业转移到海外，剥夺数百万人的医疗保健和食品援助，并增加能源成本——同时增加数万亿美元的债务，减税向超级富人和企业倾斜。"
贝茨提请注意前总统唐纳德·特朗普和罗纳德·里根公开反对债务上限的边缘政策。他指出，报道麦卡锡可能在演讲中呼吁的内容“在共和党大会上没有达成共识。”
贝茨写道:“马加·众议院共和党人甚至不能同意他们拿债务上限做抵押的事情。”“他们的建议无处不在，但他们都有一个共同点:对工薪家庭赖以降低成本和实现收支平衡的项目进行毁灭性的削减。”
参议院多数党领袖查克·舒默-像白宫一样-抨击麦卡锡，嘲笑他与里根的比较-参议院民主党人指出，里根公开反对债务违约。舒默说，麦卡锡继续将我们的经济推向灾难性的违约。"
“我就直说了。如果麦卡锡议长继续朝这个方向发展，我们将面临违约，”舒默以迄今为止最强硬的措辞表示。
舒默对记者说:“拜登总统和我都很高兴在议长有事情要谈时与他会面——这个计划，”后来他在参议院重申了他的言论。
但参议院共和党领袖米奇·麦康奈尔(Mitch McConnell)周一在一次发言中声称，拜登在债务上限问题上“用手指堵住耳朵，拒绝倾听、谈论或谈判”。
“美国人民知道白宫需要停止浪费时间。开始与众议院议长谈判，”麦康奈尔说。
麦卡锡周一结束了他的证券交易所演讲，他说:“嗯，如果说我希望美国在我当选议长后的头100天里学到了什么，那就是:我永远不会放弃。”
他说，他“完全有信心，如果我们限制”联邦支出，美国将结束对中国的依赖，抑制通货膨胀，保护下一代的社会保障和医疗保险。
“我在这里告诉你们，我想要一个负责任的、合理的债务上限，让我们走上一条经济之路，让美国变得更加强大。这对每个美国人都适用。但是，如果总统继续忽视这个问题，他不能再继续下去，那就不可能发生。这一天即将到来。我不想看到这位总统笨拙地违约。我想坐下来一起解决问题，”麦卡锡说。
McCarthy tells Wall Street House GOP will vote to raise debt ceiling but tied to spending cuts
In a speech at the New York Stock Exchange on Monday, Speaker Kevin McCarthy said House Republicans will vote in "the coming weeks" on legislation to raise thedebt ceilingbut for only one year and tied to spending cuts.
He continued to blame President Joe Biden for not negotiating and accused him of "misleading the public."
"I want to talk to you about the debate that's not happening in Washington but should be happening over our national debt. It's a debate that directly affects the lives of every American," McCarthy said.
His latest salvo in the showdown comes as White House has warned that, if House Republicans fail to pass a debt ceiling increase by this summer with no budget cuts attached, it would create financial chaos in world markets.
McCarthy said a $31 trillion debt is "too high" and the "problem is getting worse, not better."
"Without exaggeration, America's debt is a ticking time bomb that will detonate unless we take serious, responsible action. Yet how has President Biden reacted to this issue? He's done nothing. So, in my view, he's been irresponsible," McCarthy said.
Biden and McCarthymet75 days ago on Feb. 1, but the two leaders have not met or spoken about the debt ceiling since -- beyond trading claims to reporters.
The president has not budged on his refusal to negotiate over the debt limit and has dismissed GOP efforts to combine a debt ceiling vote to a deal on the budget.
"Mr. President, with all due respect, enough is enough. This is not how the leader of the free world should act. Your partisan political games are provoking the very crisis you claim you want to avoid greater dependency on China, increasing inflation, and threatening Medicare and Social Security," McCarthy said.
McCarthy says defaulting on our debt is "not an option" but blames the Biden administration for not engaging in negotiations with House Republicans.
"Make no mistake: The longer President Biden waits to be sensible, to find agreement, the more likely it becomes that his administration will bumble into the first default in our nation's history," McCarthy said.
McCarthy says a "no strings attached" debt limit increase will not pass.
"In the coming weeks, the House will vote on a bill to lift the debt ceiling into next year, save taxpayers trillions of dollars, make us less dependent on China, and curb high inflation -- all without touching Social Security or Medicare," McCarthy said.
He claimed the bill will limit federal spending, economic dependence on China, and the growth of spending over the next 10 years to 1% annual growth. The bill will also "claw back" billions of dollars in unused COVID-19 related spending, he said.
"Our proposal will also include restoring work requirements that ensure able-bodied adults without dependents earn a paycheck and learn new skills. That will grow our economy and help the supply chain," McCarthy said.
This bill will be dead on arrival in the Senate, McCarthy is hoping this will bring Biden to the negotiating table.
Ahead of McCarthy's speech on Monday, the White House accused him of "holding the economy and full faith and credit of the United States hostage."
"Speaker McCarthy is holding the full faith and credit of the United States hostage, threatening our economy and hardworking Americans' retirement," White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates said in a written statement. "A speech isn't a plan, but it's clear that extreme MAGA Republicans' wish lists will impose devastating cuts on hardworking families, send manufacturing overseas, take health care and food assistance away from millions of people, and increase energy costs — all while adding trillions to the debt with tax cuts skewed to the super-wealthy and corporations."
Bates drew attention to when former Presidents Donald Trump and Ronald Reagan spoke out against debt-ceiling brinksmanship. And he noted that reporting on what McCarthy might call for in his speech "has shown no consensus within the Republican conference."
"MAGA House Republicans can't even agree what they are holding the debt limit hostage over," Bates wrote. "Their proposals are all over the map, but they all have one thing in common: devastating cuts to programs that working families rely on to lower costs and make ends meet."
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer -- like the White House -- slammed McCarthy, mocking his comparisons to Reagan - who, the top Senate Democrat noted, spoke out against a debt default. Schumer said McCarthy continues to bumble our economy toward a catastrophic default."
"I'll be blunt. If Speaker McCarthy continues in this direction, we are headed to a default," Schumer said in some of his strongest language yet.
"President Biden and I are happy to meet with the speaker when he has something to talk about -- the plan," Schumer told reporters, later reiterating his remarks on the Senate floor.
But Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell in a floor speech on Monday claimed the Biden was sticking "his fingers in his ears and refus[ing] to listen, talk or negotiate," on the debt ceiling.
"The American people know that the White House needs to stop wasting time. Start negotiating with the Speaker of the House," McConnell remarked.
McCarthy closed out his stock exchange speech on Monday saying, "Well, if there's one thing I hope America has learned about me in these first 100 days since I was elected speaker, it's this: I will never give up."
He said he has "full confidence that if we limit" federal spending, the U.S. will end dependence on China, curb inflation and protect Social Security and Medicare for the next generation.
"I'm here to tell you I want a responsible, sensible debt ceiling that puts us on an economic path to make America stronger. That works for every American. But that cannot happen if the president continues to ignore the problem and he can't continue any longer. The day is coming. I do not want to see this president bumble into a default. I want to sit down and solve the problem together," McCarthy said.
