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On the recordMay 8, 2025
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, a lot of accusations have been made about serious legislation, about working, about the things that have happened since this new administration has come into office. I would like to recap some of the things that have happened since this new administration has come into office. Number one, they spent a lot of time reversing a lot of bad executive orders that the previous administration put in place. There were executive orders that did put America last. We have an administration now that is working every day to put America first. We saw Congress take many actions on Congressional Review Acts to undo bad rules that the previous administration put in place. Don't believe the accusation that Republicans aren't working. We have 11 committees that have reconciliation instructions, and 8 of those committees have marked up those instructions already. There are instructions on a big, beautiful bill to put America first and to create national security. We will use our resources at home to allow people in America to have a job and a career where they can raise families and grow communities. We are working on policies to avoid a $4 trillion to $5 trillion tax increase on every American. Mr. Speaker, I believe my friends across the aisle are concerned about a piece of legislation that is going to make a huge difference.…
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Bruce Westerman
Republican · Arkansas

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