On the recordMarch 23, 2020
may I just add to what Mr. Cotton from Arkansas just said. It is dangerous. I think it is disgraceful. It is irresponsible, and it is not going to work. We are not going to do this. I think people on our side are willing to go big. For Republicans, it is not so easy in 1 day to spend all we are going to spend in a single year. We are going to spend in 1 day about $1.8 trillion--probably closer to $2 trillion when it is over with. That is as much as we would spend in an entire year for discretionary spending. That is big. I would like to go smart. If you are going to go big, you need to be smart, right? You don't need to go crazy. The only reason we are not voting on this bill is because the House hijacked this process. Nancy Pelosi tried to control impeachment. She tried to set the terms of the debate for the U.S. Senate in the impeachment trial before she would send over the impeachment articles. Do you remember that whole debacle? And as we were dealing with this impeachment garbage, China was on fire. You will hear more about that later in the year. I guess what I would say is that we need to get on with it. You are not going to be successful. We are not going to let this happen to the American people. Rahm Emanuel, whom I actually like, said: For every crisis is an opportunity. This is not your opportunity to impose same-day voting.…





