On the recordFebruary 17, 2022
Mr. President, couple things. To be clear, I am not slowing down the continuing resolution. This is my bill. It has got nothing to do with the continuing resolution. The reason why we are not voting on the continuing resolution is because there is a bunch of people missing; there are not enough people here yet to vote for it. That is why it is being slowed down. So I took this opportunity to offer my bill. And I would just say, my observation would be that Vladimir Putin is probably--if he is even paying attention--I don't know what time it is. He probably has his hands full with his plans to invade and conquer parts of Ukraine--I think he would be wondering why would I be scared of a country who is going to send out cylindrical tubing to people addicted to crack and meth, because I think he probably thinks it is crazy too, as crazy as he is. So, again, my bill goes--I get it. They are not going to send out pipes. That doesn't make me feel better because they are going to send out--with the money of the American taxpayer, they are going to send out cylindrical tubing which is attached to a crack pipe and can be removed so each and every one of the people using that pipe--multiple people can use the pipe but use a different cylindrical tube to attach to it. And I just don't think the American people should be paying for that, and that is what HHS has basically admitted they want to do with this money.…





