speaker i will tell youll ast i strongly support you this measure as everyone has said it is far from perfect. but i strongly support it, and urge my colleagues, democrats and republicans alike, to join together and support and with that i reserve the balance of my time. >> the gentlelady from new york. >> thank you mr. speaker. after a month-long standoff over raising the debt ceiling congress is forced to take action onte a bill and by all accounts it is deeply flawed. i think everybody today has agreed with that. why are we doing a broad bill? because we waited until the last minute. instead of reducing the nation's debt by closing tax loopholes for oil companies and private bs debt owners instead it creates r super committee that will decide how toco take over a trillion dollars in cuts. and the super committee will serve congress leading 525 members of congress sitting onw thea sidelines while a group oe 12 shapes the country for decades to come. painted it should be a no-brainer. the debt ceiling was ann to antiquated solution to problem we no longer face and should be eliminate