Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. I oppose this bill, Madam Speaker, because it is redundant and will grow a State Department bureaucracy that is already overgrown. This is the same State Department that already has two bureaus tasked with this issue. I wish someone would tell me what exactly it is these bureaucrats are doing now, since they now need a third department to help them do their job. These are the same State Department bureaucrats who spent 4 years undermining the foreign policy of a Republican President from deep within the government. Now they are getting a pass from the Biden administration to be soft on China, soft on Russia, and of course, soft on Iran. And the Democrats in the House want us to spend even more taxpayer money on this already bloated bureaucracy, Madam Speaker. For my friends across the aisle, the solution always seems to be throwing more money at a problem. After 3 years in the House, I am beginning to realize that, for the Democrats in Congress, our tax dollars are nothing more than political duct tape. The problem with duct tape, Madam Speaker, is it does not actually fix anything, contrary to what some people believe. Like growing government and spending more money, duct tape is not a solution.…”