Reserving the right to object, it is my understanding if we were to do that we would add $9.2 billion to the debt. I am wondering if that is correct. The same unanimous consent request was asked earlier today, and the head of the Finance Committee said it would add $9.2 billion to the debt. So given the fact that it will add to the debt rather than us making choices, I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. Who yields time?
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the Constitution, actually, is the powerful tool with which to solve the problems of our country.
I reserve the remainder of my time and suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.
I just do not think it works. And I want to be humane. We have a moral obligation to the least of these, folks who do not have a place to live, but there has got to be a better way to do this.
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