We should make it very clear that until there is an ironclad agreement that everything that the House appropriates and authorizes will be dispersed, we will not vote to increase the debt ceiling.

We get to decide, we have the power of the purse.

This is not about politics, but foreign aid is the least popular thing government spends money on.

The goal, Stitt said, is to focus on eliminating wasteful government spending, improving efficiency, and ensuring taxpayer dollars are being used effectively across state governments.

They have the power of the purse, and decide where money is allocated.

this is actually extremely more innovative than just saying, oh, we are going to pull $1.3 billion out of the air from our kids and our grandkids and shove it down to the states with no responsibility.

We are borrowing it from our kids and our grandkids. And with no offsets to it, that is pretty irresponsible.

The bill imposes congressional oversight on the expenditure of taxpayer money.

I continue to have concerns that the $80 billion in IRA funding is not giving us the results, perhaps, that were promised.

Nothing is free. Everything the U.S. Government does is paid by taxpayer dollars, so nothing is ever free.

Unfortunately, the majority seems to think that the IRS budget is a slush fund to pay for every program that they want to pass and put into law.

the Biden Administration manipulated the methodology and avoided commonsense procedures, adding 1/4 of $1 trillion to the SNAP baseline.

You are spending taxpayer dollars, not making a Federal investment. Let us make that clear.

If I polled my district, they would think why are we wasting millions of dollars.

Supporting Ukraine is 3.5 percent of our budget.

I want to reiterate that right now the majority is proposing significant cuts to the Federal education budget.

$25 billion in Social Security benefits would not be sent out.

And so adding another $2 or $3 trillion to the deficit by cutting taxes is largely likely to have the same impact as if we increase spending by that amount.