Political Quotes

“I am prepared to close, and I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, to my colleagues on either side of the aisle, we have a fundamental responsibility under the Constitution of the United States to use the power of the purse to check an executive branch that is not following the law. It is not enough to impeach, send to the Senate, sit back, grab the popcorn, and watch. We have a duty to actually defund tyranny and lawlessness. That is precisely what the Founders said. It is what the Founders wrote into the Federalist Papers. It is what they contemplated in Article I in the Constitution. Do not go out and have talking points about dead Americans because of what this administration is doing by letting people into this country to kill Americans like Laken Riley last week and then write the check that funds their broken policies. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. {time} 1330”