Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from California (Mr. McCarthy), the Republican leader. Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the gentleman for yielding. But more importantly, I want to thank him for his service to this country. After ignoring the China threat for years, House Democrats finally introduced a bill that is allegedly tough on China. They call it the America COMPETES Act. But make no mistake: It is a bill that concedes to China. The America concedes act is Democrats' desperate answer to their stream of self- created crises. While it contains some provisions supported by Republicans, Speaker Pelosi is holding these good ideas hostage by using this 3,000-page bill as a vehicle for the party's far-left agenda. Almost every page of the Democrats' concedes act has a provision that helps China but hurts America. Now, I know 3,000 pages is a lot to read, and my friends may not always get the opportunity, Mr. Speaker, to read it before they vote on it. So I want to take an opportunity here to actually give you some of the pages and what it actually does. Now, here are just a few excerpts. On page 1689, it provides a new, unlimited green card program for the Chinese Communist Party to exploit. {time} 1500 It also allows research funds to freely flow to colleges and universities that host Confucius Institutes which are essentially CCP propaganda centers. They literally censor our colleges and campuses.…”