Tim Walz: “I rise today to offer this amendment and, interesting, listening to my colleague on the other side of the aisle, while I…”

“I rise today to offer this amendment and, interesting, listening to my colleague on the other side of the aisle, while I did not support the underlying bill in the first place, I think we may part company at that point, because I want to thank the chairman for the work that he has done. Because the one thing I hear is, and I heard it yesterday as we watched our new President be sworn in, now is the time to put the childish political bickering aside. Offer us something that works. If you don't want someone in the boardroom, don't take the money. But the American public is asking us and the economists are asking us what needs to be done to move this economy. I do not support the money going. I do not believe that the American public was served well in it. It does not mean that I am not willing to offer changes to improve it overall. So my amendment, and what I ask the chairman to accept in this amendment, is to ask for the oversight that needs to be there. Not for the Members of this body and not for the accountants, but for the American public. If an institution is going to take this money, then have the courage to publish it online so every person in every library and every home can go and see where their taxpayer dollars are being spent. And if that is simply an intrusion into the private sector, simply don't accept the money. But I see them beating down the doors of this Congress and beating down the doors to try and get them.”