Tammy Baldwin: “If we were to default and even to have the brinksmanship…”

“That's our annual budget and our annual appropriations process. We cannot afford to default. The default implications for people paying their mortgages and, you know, on their retirements. It is almost cataclysmic. If we were to default and even to have the brinksmanship that brings us to the is so dangerous for our economy, it has incredible ramifications. So I just plead with Speaker McCarthy, don't default. Don't put our people through that. Right. They say it takes two to tango. It takes two to. Default.” (00:20–00:32)

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