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On the recordAugust 6, 2022
I yield myself 20 minutes from the bill. So where to start? Well, I thought long and hard about how to explain this to the American people, and the only thing I can tell you is ``insanity'' is defined as doing the same thing and expecting a different outcome. So here we are with the same people coming up with a plan to help you. How well did that work out the last time these 50 people were going to save you and your family? You will eventually come to the conclusion, I hope, they generally don't know what they are doing. The best way to stop a drunk driver is to take the keys away before they get in the car. The best way to stop this tax-and-spend and inflationary madness is to fire some of the 50 so they can't keep doing this to your family. In March of 2021, we had a debate. Senator Sanders--very good man. And everybody over there told us that if we pass the American Rescue Plan, your life will be dramatically better. As $1.9 trillion passed with Democratic votes alone in March of 2021, not one Republican voted for it. Since then, we have been able to pass an infrastructure bill in a bipartisan manner. We passed legislation trying to keep guns out of the hands of mentally unstable people and generally help with that problem. We have come together around Ukraine to help them beat the Russians. We have come together to designate Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism.…
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina
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Aug 6, 2022

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