Political Quotes

“I thank Mr. Burgess for yielding me the customary 30 minutes, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, today while we stand here debating this rule, the Republicans' default on America's plan is holding Americans hostage. Across my district and this country, Americans are wondering what will happen to their food security. How about their Medicare? What about veterans' healthcare? Republicans are holding us hostage so they can protect the tax cuts that they gave to the wealthiest corporations and millionaires. We need to remember that the debt we are looking at today was incurred by Republicans during the Trump administration, $7 trillion of that. Do you know what? If they crash the economy, it is not the millionaires who would be hurt. It is working families. The Republican default on America would impact the very bills we will be talking about today. It would cut funding to fight the fentanyl crisis, treat addiction, reduce pollution, and help Americans pay their bills when a pandemic hits. The rule we are considering today will make in order three bills. The first bill is H.R. 467, the HALT Fentanyl Act. We all agree that there is a scourge of fentanyl in our communities, and we all agree it needs to be stopped. There is no district in our country, no family, and no community that hasn't seen and experienced the horrors of fentanyl. The problem is that this bill isn't going to do what needs to be done to address the fentanyl crisis.…”