Joe Neguse: “only in Washington, D.C., could politicians come to the floor and brag about cutting $9 billion from rural radio…”

“only in Washington, D.C., could politicians come to the floor and brag about cutting $9 billion from rural radio stations while 2 weeks ago they voted to increase the deficit by $4 trillion. Spare us these lectures. For years, Republicans have lectured us and the country about so-called fiscal responsibility, the deficit, the debt, and then they have the audacity to increase the deficit by $4 trillion to pay for tax cuts for the 800 billionaires that my Republican colleague from Pennsylvania is so carefully tracking. It is shameful. This bill, make no mistake, Mr. Speaker, is a war on rural America. They are closing rural hospitals by virtue of the bill they passed 15 days ago. Now they will close rural radio stations in the chairwoman's district in North Carolina and in my State, Colorado, the western part of my State that I have the privilege of representing. There are rural radio stations across the country that help constituents during wildfires and during floods. It is shameful. It should be rejected, Mr. Speaker.”