Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I truly understand that the Democrats are very upset about losing the election, but the American people voted to change the direction of government. They voted to end overregulation, voted to end growing government agencies and growing government in general, and they voted to end the growing deficit. They are done, and we need to move forward. We need to answer to the American people about what we are doing to make sure that we get these things under control. I will also quickly address that it is incredible that my Democratic colleagues are trying to claim some moral high ground about single- subject bills. House Republicans have worked hard to bring single- subject appropriations bills to the floor and pass them individually. When was the last time my Democratic colleagues did this? Instead, my colleagues have passed massive omnibus spending bills when Democrats were in the majority, along with omnibus packages like the American Rescue Plan and the inflation expansion act. If Democrats would please spare us the false outrage at the idea of omnibus bills. The truth is that this bill prevents the House from bundling CRAs with similar topics into smaller, single-subject packages. There is also nothing that prevents the House from continuing to consider CRAs on a case-by-case basis, but we have to have the option.…”