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On the recordMay 15, 2020
The United States of America has generated more prosperity than every other nation in history combined. That is because our divinely inspired system of government prioritizes individual rights through a republic that has representation, employs market principles and property rights, and backs it up with rule of law. The sponsors of today's legislation are using a pandemic as an excuse to propose spending $3 trillion on policies that reverse or undermine all three. Now, we all know it is not going to become law. Instead, it is part of a strategy to set the initial negotiation bar so outrageously to the left that the end negotiated result would transform our Republic to a socialist remotely governed Republic. When I disagree with legislation content, I often consider compromise. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
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Russ Fulcher
Republican · Idaho

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