Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman. I do need to correct the Record because the gentleman implied that the relief packages from 2020 were part of the debt ceiling that is being raised in the current legislation that is moving forward. That is just not accurate. I have seen talking points out there, but Mr. Speaker, if you look at the trillions that my friend and I supported that were good policy, that was included in the debt ceiling negotiation from last year. It was in there. It was part of the debt ceiling negotiation from last year. That was passed on a bipartisan basis. What we are talking about for this year, including the $1.9 trillion that was not a bipartisan package, is new debt. What is being anticipated in the $4 trillion, $5 trillion-dollar-package that the Budget Committee is taking up is going to be new debt that would be included in the debt ceiling negotiation that my friend would expect us to vote for. We don't support that new spending and that new debt. We did support the spending and the debt from last year in the relief packages that we all supported--and we paid for it--in the debt ceiling negotiations from last year. The gentleman might have different talking points, but that is a fact. It was legislation that was voted on in a bipartisan fashion.”