Op-ed by Brooke Lierman, includes “… McConnell’s statements make clear that he has never been a state legislator tasked with balancing a budget— and any rhetoric he makes about our frontline workers is undermined by his embrace of state bankruptcy. … the solvency of many of these governments depends on swift action by Congress. … No longer would it be elected governors and legislators who determine state budgetary policies, but instead, unelected federal bankruptcy judges would decide what state budget priorities to cut and to what extent. …”