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On the recordAugust 24, 2021
I thank the gentlewoman from Minnesota for yielding. The last 24 hours, we need to just step back and look at it. And I need to remind my colleagues and remind the folks across the aisle that what we just witnessed is a circus; and also remind them that this is the people's House. This is not Pelosi's palace, this is the people's House. Madam Speaker, the middle of July, we were supposed to mark up a budget in the House Budget Committee, but the Democrats did not have the votes. Madam Speaker, before the August recess, we were suppose to pass the House budget. The Democrats did not have the votes. Yesterday--up until about 1 a.m. this morning, in fact--we were going to pass the House budget, but the Democrats did not have the votes. So now they have a scheme before us, a scheme that they are putting Bernie's budget with the transportation bill, which is not even going to be voted on today, not even going to be voted on this week, not even going to be voted on this month, along with a voting rights bill, because they can't pass Bernie's budget. You know why they can't pass Bernie's budget? Because the American people are fed up with the Democrats' reckless spending. Right now, we are facing the Biden inflation crisis. We are facing the Biden border crisis. We are facing the Biden energy crisis. And we are facing the Biden Afghanistan crisis.…
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Jason Smith
Republican · Missouri

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