On the recordFebruary 11, 2020
I thank the gentleman from South Carolina for his leadership on the GEAR Task Force. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. LaMalfa), from the First Congressional District, for his thoughts on government efficiency and reform. Mr. LaMALFA. Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from Montana (Mr. Gianforte) for his leadership on this. It is really a commonsense issue, isn't it? Government efficiency, accountability, and reform is something that all Americans can get behind because, let's remember for just a moment, who pays for all of this? Who pays to keep the lights on here, all of these buildings in Washington, D.C., all of the people working in them, all of them out in the districts, all of them out there in the forests, what have you? It is the American taxpayer. What is the American taxpayer faced with? Trying to take care of their own business, their home, their family, their mortgage, car payments, saving for college, whatever their priorities are, maybe going on a vacation once in a while, saving up so they can have a week or two off. What is it that we are doing with their money in Washington, D.C., or my home State of California in Sacramento? How are we respecting what they earn? How are we respecting that by the priorities we are putting on spending what they earn? And it isn't a contribution, like sometimes it is talked about.…
