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On the recordJuly 30, 2020
I thank the senior Senator from Wisconsin and the junior Senator from Indiana for their hard work in addressing the out-of-control spending of the Federal Government and for finding ways to assist Americans who need help in the midst of this pandemic. The coronavirus is a crisis that has demanded action to protect Americans, but if we are not careful, Congress is going to create another devastating crisis down the road, one of our own doing. Our national debt and deficits--already at unsustainable levels--have skyrocketed as Congress has spent almost $3 trillion to address this crisis. Even if you remove the Paycheck Protection Program that has kept workers on payrolls, the total amount spent by Congress to respond to the pandemic and help workers amounts to more than $50,000 per unemployed American. Do you think any unemployed American has received anything close to $50,000? Of course not. That is because every dollar spent by Congress seems to be spent in the least efficient way possible. Now Congress is negotiating a new spending bill of at least $1 trillion without even understanding if or how the $3 trillion already allocated has been spent. You would never operate a business like that. You would never operate your household like that. Government should not be able to get away with it.…
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Rick Scott
Republican · Florida
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Jul 30, 2020

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