On the recordOctober 25, 2023
It just so happens that I had a hearing about a week ago on the Appalachian Regional Commission and all the other commissions. It is interesting that this has been around since the 1960s. There was a map of the Appalachian region, of which the home that I reside in looks on the south mountain of the Appalachian mountain range. I live right in the center of this thing. What was interesting to me of the map that I looked at provided by the Commission since the 1960s, showed counties that had reached attainment. Well, none of them had reached attainment. It has been around since the 1960s. All the ones that hadn't reached attainment in the 1960s still haven't reached attainment in 2023. We are spending all this money, and we are not getting anything for it. Well, we are getting some things for it. You might be able to get a theater in your community, reconstructed with the help of the Federal Government, or a trail, which is awesome. These are great programs, and I am not here to argue that they are not. What I am arguing is two things. It is not the job of the Federal Government, number one. These are things done by local communities and States. {time} 1945 Two, this is above the authorization. This commission was authorized funding. I don't dispute that. However, we are spending money above the authorization, and I do dispute that because we are $30-some trillion in debt with nothing in sight except more debt.…
