On the recordJune 1, 2023
Madam President, on March 13 of 2020, the Federal Government declared a national emergency concerning the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 3 years later, on May 11, 2023, that declaration ended. And yet, to this day, billions of COVID dollars throughout the Federal Government remain unspent. So let's be clear. Each and every one of those dollars came from a hard-working taxpayer, from a working family's budget. That is why my amendment would rescind an additional $17 billion of unspent COVID money. If we really want the Fiscal Responsibility Act to live up to its name, the least we can do is to rescind the taxpayer dollars that remain to fight a pandemic that everyone knows is over. Every taxpayer dollar is sacred and should be treated that way. I yield the floor. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Oregon.
