On the recordJune 4, 2024
This election you just saw, you have the prosperity of your family and the tax code, but you have an opportunity to use that stressor. Mr. Roy, this is actually where my punch line at the end was going to be: Are we nimble enough to use the stressor of the expiring tax provisions to get us to think about things we could do to change the cost of government because it is like the debt ceiling around here and other things? Without those and without a stressor on this place, this place will not do anything that is hard. Let's think creatively. Let's do quality math. Let's be hopeful, but let's demand that the public understand the scale of the problem and that there is hope. It just is that hope isn't perpetual. We may only have a few more years, and then the revolution is too late to be able to make the difference. Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________
