Maxwell Frost: “I am just curious which Republican couldn't vote for the bill until we completely deregulated silencers. My generation…”

“I am just curious which Republican couldn't vote for the bill until we completely deregulated silencers. My generation isn't just defined by a bleak financial future. We are also defined as the mass shooting generation. We have done more active-shooter drills than fire drills. We have grown up watching classes of our students die a brutal death, helpless inside classrooms, on our blocks, and in our churches again and again and again. Mr. Speaker, I say to America, we have to be very clear and truthful about this budget. Laws for gun manufacturers to make more money off the deaths of children and our people? Yes. Food for children to eat? No. Healthcare for seniors, disabled Americans, and millions more? No. Resources to help working families fight to make ends meet? No. This is why they have been told to not host any townhalls back in their districts. That is why this debate is happening in the middle of the night. It is nothing short of theft. Congressional Republicans are really helping me understand why half of this country doesn't vote. It is because they will look people in the eyes and make promises only to come here in the middle of the night to advance a bill that will take away the benefits that they have earned. Republicans would have us believe that the person most likely to steal from you is a Black person in a hoodie or an immigrant with tattoos.”