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David Schweikert: Forgive me as I get myself somewhat organized as is the chaos when you use lots of boards. Madam Speaker, we are going…

On the recordDecember 7, 2022
Forgive me as I get myself somewhat organized as is the chaos when you use lots of boards. Madam Speaker, we are going to sort of do something in sort of a continuation on a theme. A couple weeks ago, I was behind the microphones here, and it is something I have done a lot, and I walked through just how much trouble we are in as a society. The debt is coming, and it turns out that debt is not Democrat or Republican, it is demographics; we got old. But before I start to walk through what I believe is the thought process of the solutions that actually can save us, I am going to ask some favors of anyone who is crazy enough to give us time to watch some of this. I actually do read the comments when these things are put out on social media. When you look around the room, there is almost no one here, but we are on several hundred televisions right now around the campus. Right now in offices in the buildings there are young people working on policy papers who have this on their screen. This is part of the way we communicate with each other. There is a purpose. The second thing I am going to ask, as I start to walk through these ideas, is open your minds. Some of these will offend Republicans. Some are going to offend Democrats. But the math, the math is true. And the family motto: ``The math will always win.'' There is hope out there, but every single day this place continues to operate like a clown show. And I am sorry, that was very mean to clowns.…
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David Schweikert
Republican · Arizona
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Dec 7, 2022

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