Joe Morelle: “I always appreciate hearing from my colleagues and a distinguished member of the Rules Committee, Mrs. Fischbach. I do…”

“I always appreciate hearing from my colleagues and a distinguished member of the Rules Committee, Mrs. Fischbach. I do note, however, a couple of things before I yield some time. The first is that as it relates to how the bill is funded, as I indicated, the inspector general himself, that office, indicated there is $78 billion in fraudulent claims that are being recouped by the Federal Government. This bill will cost $42 billion for the Restaurant Revitalization Fund replenishment, another $13 billion, $55 billion. There is plenty of money in those reclaimed dollars to be able to pay for this without having to appropriate new dollars. So this actually should be in line with the principles of some of our more conservative Members to have claimed dollars that are owed to the United States and to its taxpayers. Secondly, as it relates to workforce shortages, and I think we all know in every industry, and the businesses I talk to back home, are struggling to find workers. Yet, I note yesterday in the Education and Labor Committee, of which I am a member, that we didn't get a single Republican vote for the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, WIOA's reauthorization, which will do great things to continue to move people into the workplace as quickly as possible. Yet, we received no support for that. So we are going to continue to work on these issues here in this Congress. We are going to continue to lead.…”