This includes those cuts Democrats have directly caused with their reckless spending this year. Since the beginning of this Congress, House Democrats have passed $7 trillion--$7 trillion--in new spending. We have an inflation crisis, a…

Mr. President, this is always a very busy time of the year if we are still here, and it has been a long time since the Congress wasn't here in the first of December. There have been years within the last couple of decades where we actually…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Hagerty), and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune). The result was announced--yeas 50, nays 47, as follows…

Madame President, LTC John Meyer joined my office as our defense fellow this past January. It is hard to overestimate in the months since just how much he has contributed. Time and again, John has drawn on his rich background and his…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Lieutenant Colonel John Meyer be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection it is so ordered. ____________________

Madam President, had there been a recorded vote, I would have voted no on the confirmations of Executive Calendar No. 537, Cole Finegan, of Colorado to be United States Attorney for the District of Colorado for the term of four years; No…

Mr. President, had there been a recorded vote, I would have voted no on the nomination of Executive Calendar No. 332, Lee Satterfield, of South Carolina, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Educational and Cultural Affairs). Mr…

As the gentlewoman from Texas says, this helps a lot of people, especially if you are a millionaire. That is why it is the second largest provision in this bill. It is tax breaks for millionaires. In fact, Senator Tester from Montana is…

I appreciate the gentlewoman from Illinois, and I remind her that government spending is already helping fuel an inflation fire that is on pace to raise prices at the fastest rate in 40 years. In her home State of Illinois, food prices…

I include in the Record a document from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget that shows the true cost of the bill is over $4 trillion. [From the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, Nov. 5, 2021] House Build Back Better…

I hear all the time in this Chamber people say it is for the children or it is for the kids. What hogwash from the other side to say that this bill helps the children with the child tax credit. Your child tax credit is for 1 year, but your…

Only in this Chamber will you hear people say that if you spend trillions more dollars it will only make inflation go down. The American people aren't that stupid. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the fine gentleman from New York (Mr…

I appreciate the comments of the gentleman from New York, but I would just like to point out, in his home State, a family of four with two children under six, in just over a year, will face more than a $3,200 tax increase. But yet, a…

I am happy to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Colorado (Mrs. Boebert). She is someone who is a warrior, a fighter for conservatism and, apparently, even the Budget chairman is threatened by her.

I would like to read a quote from the Democrat Congressman from Maine, talking about the huge tax break for the millionaires. He says: ``The fact that more people and organizations on the Democratic side aren't up in arms about this is…

As the gentlewoman from California said, there is $150 billion in this program for housing assistance. What is unfortunate, which she didn't share, is that it also allows felons of domestic violence to get those grants, which is…

Madam President, one of the most striking things, I think, we are beginning to notice this year is that the holidays are taking on a really different look than we have seen in a long time. Actually, for about a generation now, we have seen…

I want to thank my colleague for giving me the opportunity to speak. Madam Speaker, at a time when Americans are facing the highest inflation rates in decades and small businesses are struggling to recover from the devastating impact of…