On the recordMarch 1, 2023
I thank the distinguished gentleman from the great State of Maryland for his tremendous leadership. I rise today in opposition to the amendment, as well as to the underlying bill, the so-called REIN ACT, which is not really designed to do anything meaningful in terms of addressing the economic concerns of the American people. That is consistent with the fact that over the last 2 months of this extreme MAGA Republican majority, they have been focused on doing anything but dealing with the real kitchen-table pocketbook concerns of the American people. Over the last year or so, all we heard was that this extreme MAGA Republican majority was going to try to address the economic concerns of everyday Americans. So we have been waiting and waiting and waiting for the big, grand Republican plan--waiting for it, notwithstanding the fact that President Biden's administration has done a tremendous job pulling us out of a once-in-a-century pandemic, and in partnership with Democrats through the American Rescue Plan, saved the economy from a deep recession, put shots in arms, money in pockets, kids back in school, invested in the infrastructure of this country, which will create millions of good-paying jobs; passed the CHIPS and Science Act to bring domestic manufacturing jobs back home to the United States of America; passed the Inflation Reduction Act to strike a dramatic blow against the climate crisis, set our planet on a sustainable trajectory forward; strengthened the Aff…





