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On the recordFebruary 29, 2024
I thank my good friend from Texas (Mr. Roy) for yielding. Mr. Speaker, here we go again. Today, the House is set to extend the bloated and inflationary spending levels that have left our country $34 trillion in debt and fuels the government that is at war with the American people. This is now the fourth time that we have kicked the can down the road since just last September. It is now the fourth time that we have shrugged our shoulders and said: Sorry, America. We just don't have the fight in us this time, but we will try again next time. We all promised we wouldn't do this crap when we got up here. The American people have demanded responsible spending and border security for years, but we fail them. When will we heed the calls of our constituents to rein in the wasteful spending, secure the borders, and defeat the bureaucracy targeting them? The last line of the Declaration of Independence has a bold and courageous statement by the people who signed it. They said: ``We mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.'' Sadly, we are not serving with people of this same resolve today. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote against this CR.
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Eric Burlison
Republican · Missouri

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