Nicole Malliotakis: “I never thought in the United States Congress--the home of the free, of the brave, of those taxpayers who work hard…”

“I never thought in the United States Congress--the home of the free, of the brave, of those taxpayers who work hard every day and entrust us to spend their money wisely--that we would see a spending bill of this magnitude that would saddle our future children with debt. The intrusion in this bill, the government control, the debt, the taxes, the mandates and the disincentivizing of work and production will continue to lead to more labor shortages, more supply chain issues, and make things worse. And what is even worse than all of that is the name of the bill, that the people in this Congress are trying to fool the American people by calling it a Build Back Better bill. It is a disaster. When we talk about putting Americans first, what does this bill do at a time when we have the worst crisis at the border? There is $100 billion going to amnesty and benefits for those who are entering the country illegally, and this at a time when we are seeing a rise in fentanyl deaths due to what's crossing over our border, child trafficking, sex trafficking. And then look at Big Brother, the government intrusion part of this bill: doubling the number of IRS agents to go after Americans to spy on their bank accounts. This bill has crushing energy implications at a time when we are seeing record increases on gas prices, on electricity, on heat, and we are about to face the most expensive holiday season as a result. The SPEAKER pro tempore.…”