Tom Rice: “I was a tax lawyer and CPA for 25 years before I came here. I formed or advised 1,000 small businesses.”

I would remind the gentlewoman that we are borrowing $5,500 for every man, woman, and child in the entire country with this $1.9 trillion bill and that we are using that money to expand entitlement programs, including the child tax credit…

Oh, I thought you could take it off when you are speaking. I am sorry. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman may proceed.

Too often when we see tragedies like this, in our immediate reaction, we try to go too far, and we can't find a solution that we can get across the line.

We have to realize we have to get a majority, right? We have to reach consensus.