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Guy Reschenthaler: I have no further speakers, I am prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, may…

On the recordJuly 24, 2024
I have no further speakers, I am prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire how much time I have remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Massachusetts has 7 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Pennsylvania has 10 minutes remaining. Mr. McGOVERN. I yield myself the remainder of my time, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this is the sixth time House Republicans want us to vote on nearly the exact same do-nothing border resolution. The only difference is that this time they have slapped Vice President Harris' name on it because she is running against Donald Trump. Republicans are using official government resources to settle their political scores. Isn't it wrong to use taxpayer money for a campaign rally? Has anyone checked with the Federal Election Commission to see if this is even allowed? Mr. Speaker, they are using your taxpayer money to turn this place into a testing ground for RNC attack ads. My Republican colleagues should be embarrassed by this. All they talk about is their precious H.R. 2 and Homeland Security bills. News flash: H.R. 2 is hot garbage. It is a horrible bill that only earned 32 votes in the Senate. Even Republicans in the Senate knew it was a bad bill. They keep saying H.R. 2 is the solution, but they don't even have the votes on their side to get it to the President. Moreover, let's not get started on their Homeland Security funding bills.…
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Guy Reschenthaler
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Jul 24, 2024

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