McCarthy defends work requirements amid debt limit talks

WASHINGTON (NewsNation) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., on Thursday defended the GOP’s work requirement stipulation in their bill that would raise the government’s legal debt ceiling by $1.5 trillion in exchange for steep spending cuts.

“(Work requirements) lifted people up more in to have jobs than ever before it helped the supply chain,” McCarthy told NewsNation’s Joe Khalil. “And the ‘controversy’ here is, do we believe in the work ethic or not?”

Work requirements for millions of Americans receiving Medicaid and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP benefits) — also known as food stamps — has long been a goal for the party. And it’s one being met with fierce opposition from Democrats.

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