Don't ask the taxpayer to pay for it and then also expect the taxpayer to pick up the tab for the resulting health consequences.
Josh Brecheen
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Josh Chad Brecheen is an American politician and member of the Republican Party, currently serving as the U.S. Representative for Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district since January 3, 2023. Brecheen previously held office in the Oklahoma State Senate from January 1, 2013, to January 1, 2015, where he focused on various legislative issues pertinent to his constituents. His tenure in the U.S. House has been marked by his commitment to conservative values and policies that resonate with the voters in his district.
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March 4, 2025
If someone wants to buy junk food on their own dime, that's up to them.…
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But what we're saying is, don't ask the taxpayer to pay for it and then also expect the taxpayer to pick up the tab for the resulting health consequences.
Just because CBO this time around didn't score it, doesn't mean it doesn't have a cost. It just means they didn't score it. The score from it 2 years ago was three-quarters of a billion dollars.
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…
I will end by saying that this is a center that is utilizing taxpayer funds to push an agenda in a very partisan manner. It is very much in opposition to many of the things that many of us believe, and the power of the purse must speak…
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 153, line 7, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $12,000,000)''. Page 226, line 4, after the…
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 154, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $48,895,000)''. Page 154, line 2, after the…
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 153, line 15, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $48,895,000)''. Page 226, line 4, after…
Just in closing, this is not a historical practice as it relates to Tribal peoples. This is a recent cultural fad that defies the face of hundreds of years of established norms. A dark cloud of confusion is gripping this country. It is…
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…
Peace through strength is something that many of us believe in. It is the concern over the lack of our economic prowess, the lack of our strength why this amendment is before this body. Again, was there not enough government spending in…
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 16, line 12, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $16,366,000)''. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant…
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 47, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $139,575,000)''. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant…
Returning back to pre-COVID spending levels, I have to ask the question to any colleague, whether it be Democrat or Republican: Was not the amount of government spending pre- COVID in 2019 enough? There is an old saying that however much…
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 4, line 3, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $20,000,000)''. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to…
This amendment simply codifies what the DOD stated last year that, ``holding these type of events in federally funded facilities is not suitable use of DOD resources.'' I remind my colleagues that the language in this amendment passed in…
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle C of title XVII, add the following new section: SEC. 17__ LIMITATION ON FUNDING…
I think the thing that we need to be shouting from the rooftops in Washington, DC, is we are headed toward bankruptcy as a country because we continue to do things the Constitution never gave us permission under the rule of law to do.
The moment they are paroled by this administration, I will submit as a member of the Homeland Security Committee...
To admit foreigners indiscriminately to the rights of citizens, the moment they put foot in our country would be nothing less than to admit the Grecian horse.





