Tim Burchett: “I will remind Members, we have a few more seats down front. I notice some of you all are crowded up in the back, but if…”

“I will remind Members, we have a few more seats down front. I notice some of you all are crowded up in the back, but if you want to come down front, that would be quite all right. Mr. Speaker, we are nearly $35 trillion in debt right now. That is over $100,000 per American, including children. It is all because of our out-of-control spending, and so much of that money is either unaccounted for or just plain wasteful. The Pentagon can't even tell us where half its funds end up, and right now they have about half a trillion dollars that is unaccounted for--half a trillion dollars. Foreign aid ends up in the hands of terrorists because we don't actually track it. Pandemic fraud was through the roof because we just threw checks at people like they were candy. Democrats also force Americans to spend a bunch of money on things we don't need. Americans could be on the hook for over $450 billion a year to take care of illegal immigrants because the Biden administration won't close the dadgum border. We are spending money on drag shows at military bases. We are paying for more diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in our Federal Government. We are funding government employees' out-of-State trips to get abortions. It is so ridiculous, Mr. Speaker. Americans elected us to handle the budget, and they are suffering as a result.…”