Kathy Castor: “I thank the ranking member for yielding the time. Mr. Speaker, here we are at the end of February, 2 months into the new…”

“I thank the ranking member for yielding the time. Mr. Speaker, here we are at the end of February, 2 months into the new congressional session, and House Republicans haven't offered one bill to lower the cost of living for our neighbors back home. Instead, they bring this silly bill to the floor, a bill to force to working families to spend more money, to use more energy, and to sell out American manufacturers. Meanwhile, Republicans in Congress have stood idly by while there has been an illegal shutdown of grants and loans to our local communities and nonprofits that help people save money and help families. Plus, House Republicans didn't raise any concern when the new President illegally fired Inspectors General and prosecutors who are charged with rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse, and that includes in the Department of Energy. It gets worse because Republicans now are barreling toward a massive tax giveaway to billionaires paid for on the backs of American families, children, our neighbors with disabilities, our older neighbors, and grandparents in nursing homes. This is not business as usual. I know Republicans bring a bill here and they say: Okay. This is just like what we have always done. This is not business as usual. Where is the House Republicans' outrage that everything they have worked on congressionally mandated through appropriations is just illegally frozen? It is not business as usual. This resolution is the latest of a whole lot of nonsense.…”