Rick Allen: “Last week, I stood before this body as we voted on the first spending package, which, like this package, was enormous…”

“Last week, I stood before this body as we voted on the first spending package, which, like this package, was enormous and brought before this House without enough time to learn where the American people's tax dollars are actually going. Today, we are considering 6 of the 12 traditional appropriation bills in one package. We must get back to regular order and a process where we can carefully consider and examine each bill and one that works for the American people. The bills in this package would spend $1.3 trillion in total discretionary spending, a 13.9 percent increase from the budget that was agreed to. I would once again like to state for the record that the Democratic majority can't even stick to the bipartisan budget that was agreed to last year. The first appropriations package that was passed last week contains $37 billion in emergency measures, and this package adds another $207 billion of such spending. With that addition, according to the Congressional Budget Office estimate, this level of spending is 23.5 percent higher than the President's request. No business or family in this country would ever dream of spending money like this that they don't have and have no idea where they are going to get it. So why does this body think we are an exception? Unfortunately, that is business as usual for the 116th Congress. My amendment today is simple.…”