McCarthy Staying in DC to Fight for Debt Ceiling Agreement ‘Worthy of American People’ as Biden Heads Home

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) speaks to the press after meeting President Joe Biden to discuss the debt limit at the White House in Washington on May 22, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) declared on May 25 that he will stay in Washington, D.C. “for as long as it takes” in an effort to come to an agreement on the debt ceiling that’s “worthy of the American people.”

McCarthy took to Twitter amid the ongoing political deadlock where he penned, “I’m staying in DC to fight for an agreement that’s worthy of the American people—for as long as it takes.”