Their fallback plan is for Congress to pass a debt limit, and their fallback, fallback plan is for Congress to pass a debt limit. Again, that's a very irresponsible assumption. So I think, you know, today what I'll be doing is I'll be sending a letter formally asking this administration to develop some contingency plans just in case the debt ceiling isn't increased. And I guess I want to start out, you know, my questioning with members from OMB here. Is there any plans underfoot at all to start prioritizing essential service spending just in case the debt ceiling doesn't get increased? (01:09–01:18)
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Asserts intention to formally request the administration to develop contingency plans for a potential debt ceiling issue.
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