Lauren Boebert: “I appreciate my colleague, Mr. Simpson, here who is chair of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies…”

“I appreciate my colleague, Mr. Simpson, here who is chair of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee. I believe that we absolutely have the authority to exercise the Holman rule. {time} 1915 Congress, the House of Representatives, is a majority rule, self- governing body. We have rules that we vote on to put in place that allow us to govern and govern ourselves as Members of Congress. We have the Holman rule to have a check on unelected bureaucrats. I agree with my colleague that elections do matter and that we do need to get out and vote for the best candidate. However, my constituents in Colorado do not have the opportunity to vote for these unelected bureaucrats who are happy to stay in their position and wait out a majority of their disliking, and it is very difficult to remove them. My colleague is also correct in saying this is essentially a way of firing these unelected bureaucrats who are abusing their position, who are using their power, their job, and their position to hurt American citizens when they are creating rulemaking that is costing $617 billion per year and increasing the household costs of families by $60,000. I don't care if that is technically illegal or legal. It is immoral, it is unjust, and it is unsustainable. I stand by my amendment to reduce the salary of the EPA director, Mr. Reagan, to $1 and to exercise our House rule that we have voted on and that Mr.…”