John Thune: “Tomorrow, we are going to be voting on the Democrats' partisan messaging exercise, which is their 3-year extension of…”

“Tomorrow, we are going to be voting on the Democrats' partisan messaging exercise, which is their 3-year extension of the Biden COVID bonuses. Now, the Democrat leader came down here yesterday--and he has a number of times now--and he has taken anybody who is listening here in the Chamber and elsewhere from around the country on a tour of fantasyland--a tour of fantasyland narrated by the Democrat leader--because what he is saying about a Democrat plan that will lower healthcare costs is a fantasy. It just is. It is a fantasy. I am going to explain to you why, in just a moment. And it is not any less a fantasy today than it was yesterday and than it was the day before that. It is that. It is a fantasy. Now, interestingly enough, the Democrat proposal--which is a 3-year extension of the status quo--is an attempt to disguise the real impact of ObamaCare's spiraling healthcare costs. So, if we do this, if we extend this for 3 years at a cost of $83 billion to taxpayers--$83 billion to the taxpayers--what happens after 3 years? Another 3-year extension or patch as ObamaCare costs continue to spiral?”