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Steve Scalise: Again, this will continue as we see whatever comes out of the Budget Committee that will be trillions. We know it is…

On the recordSeptember 24, 2021
Again, this will continue as we see whatever comes out of the Budget Committee that will be trillions. We know it is trillions. We just don't know how many, maybe 4, maybe 5 trillion in new debt that the date that was put in the legislative text--it wasn't an amount, it was a date that the majority party included--in December of 2022 that maybe that changes in the Senate, but it would include the trillions, not only that were included in the $1.9 from earlier this year that was partisan, but also on this tax-and-spend bill that is moving through Budget tomorrow. I would like to ask one final question about other potential legislation for next week. I know the gentleman and I have had conversations in the past about bills that maybe aren't currently scheduled that could be, some of them have been added to the schedule, not all. We know there is a crisis at our southern border. There are a number of legislative instruments that have been filed to try to confront it. I haven't seen any of those come to the floor. They are surely not listed for next week, but there are a number I would at least like to bring to the gentleman's attention to see if they could--as we are watching the border get even more out of hand--potentially give tools to the President to address it in a way where he is not addressing it today. We know there has been a bill by Ms. Herrell, the number of that bill is H.R.…
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Steve Scalise
Republican · Louisiana
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Sep 24, 2021

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