Nicole Malliotakis: “This bill is not tailored to the specific needs of our Nation or its citizens. I support helping the unemployed…”

“This bill is not tailored to the specific needs of our Nation or its citizens. I support helping the unemployed, struggling businesses, and returning money to taxpayers, but you give $1,400 with one hand and it costs $15,000 per American household to pay for it. Congress thinks it knows how to spend hardworking taxpayers' money better than they do, all while our Nation approaches $30 trillion in debt and $1 trillion from previous relief remains unspent. Right now, vaccine production and distribution is a top priority, yet less than 1 percent of these funds go to it, showing how bloated this bill is. It spends billions on unrelated projects, from a San Francisco rail line to family planning; and a whopping $3.5 billion for The Global Fund, forcing American taxpayers to pick up 88 percent of this international fund's expenditures, all while our diplomats can't even get the vaccine. My amendment would have required States receiving billions to commit to not raising taxes on their citizens. The CDC said it would cost $25 billion to reopen America's schools safely. Only in this mismanaged government would things end up costing eight times more than originally estimated. This is an epic fail. Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Velazquez), the distinguished chair of the Committee on Small Business.”