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Thomas Massie: I find it incredible what the other side of the aisle is saying. They said this bill was rushed to the floor. Do you…

On the recordFebruary 1, 2023
I find it incredible what the other side of the aisle is saying. They said this bill was rushed to the floor. Do you remember when this was invoked, the National Emergencies Act? March 13, 2020. After that we were told 15 days to slow the spread. How many days are we up to? Does anybody over there know? It is over 1,000 days. What has happened in that period of time? How did we get to this position? The law that Congress passed that was invoked by the former-President and extended by this President, the National Emergencies Act, requires at least every 6 months you vote on whether to extend it. We did not follow the law under the former Speaker. They used the Rules Committee to prevent this bill from coming to a vote and then the claim that the Senate would need time to deal with this. The Senate has already passed this. The bipartisan Senate passed 61 to 37. I expect there would have been a lot of votes here but the President came in to try to save their skin. The gig is up, but he wants to keep the music going a little bit longer. Mr. Biden says that he wants to honor his commitment to give 60 days' notice before ending it because he issued this statement of administrative policy. He only issued this when this bill came to the floor; but he is going to honor his commitment to 60 days' notice. Why is he taking 100 days? If anybody over there can do the math for me. May 11--is that 60 days from now? No, it is more like 100 days from now, roughly.…
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Thomas Massie
Republican · Kentucky
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Feb 1, 2023

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