On the recordSeptember 28, 2023
It is hard to believe what I am hearing. The gentlewoman is saying: But there is malaria and tuberculosis and sickness and ailment all around the world. The gentlewoman need look no further than her home State of California where the human condition continues to decline. She would need to look no further than the major cities throughout our country that are under Democrat control. Maybe before we go solve all of the world's problems, maybe before we function as the world's policeman and the world's piggy bank and the world's debt payer, we ought to focus on the issues that we have here in this country. They are real, and frankly, too often, they metastasize from the gentlewoman's home State. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Gaetz). The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes appeared to have it.
