On the recordApril 23, 2020
I thank the gentleman for yielding. Americans are suffering right now. Hospitals, families, and businesses are figuring out what their next step will be. But, instead of helping American families, Speaker Pelosi wants to set up a new, costly, unnecessary select committee. This is an outrageous attempt to yet again use Congress to smear President Trump in an election year, just like the impeachment charade a few months ago. I am all about oversight. We already have an Oversight Committee that is tasked with carrying out these very duties, and it is a very good committee, a quality committee made up of outstanding members from both sides of the aisle. This is yet another political game from Speaker Pelosi using tax dollars for political gain. Creating a new select committee is completely redundant. We must stop these games and, instead, focus on the real problems facing the American people. Creating an entirely new select committee is an irresponsible waste of time and resources that could be used elsewhere. Let's refocus on getting this country back on track and moving forward for the American people. Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, when it comes to $2 trillion, I don't think there can be enough oversight. I think our constituents expect us to make sure that that money is being spent where it should be spent, where Congress intended it. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).
