On the recordNovember 18, 2021
I thank my good friend from Pennsylvania (Mr. Reschenthaler) for yielding. Madam Speaker, I am going to read a statement from one of my Democratic colleagues here today. ``Because of last-minute late-night changes to the latest version of the Build Back Better Act, two-thirds of millionaires would get a big tax cut for the next 5 years under the bill. That is one reason that I refuse to vote for the bill without time to review the changes made to it a little over a week ago. Now we know. The tax benefits to these millionaires over 5 years could be 50 times as large as the benefit of the child tax credit for a typical low- or middle-income family. The bill spends more on tax breaks for millionaires than on childcare assistance, education, seniors, and even more than all of the healthcare provisions combined.'' This is from one of our Democratic colleagues. If one of our Democratic colleague is stating this, then we know that there is bipartisan opposition to this bill, a bill that we know is going to kill every single American's American Dream. This is a socialist nightmare that we can simply not afford. One in 25 people in this country is here illegally, and this bill will create a pathway for amnesty and all of the social welfare programs that go with it. We cannot afford this. We cannot agree to bankrupt our children and our grandchildren because of a political agenda. It is unfair. It is not right. It is un-American.…
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