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Chip Roy: the reason I asked for the gentleman to yield to me is precisely the response we just heard. Do you know what really the…

On the recordApril 30, 2026
the reason I asked for the gentleman to yield to me is precisely the response we just heard. Do you know what really the problem is, Mr. Speaker? People want to get home to fundraisers. People want to get home to dinners. People want to go back to their districts and go on trips. They have codels. Meanwhile, the American people are wondering: What on Earth is happening in this town? Mr. Speaker, the American people are wondering: What on Earth is happening when they look at this body and see what we failed to do. We are continuing every single day to drive this entire country into bankruptcy: $40-trillion debt, government spying on the people, failure to stop government spying on the people, kill switches in cars, and failure to stop sugar drinks going to children on the SNAP program voted by both sides of the aisle. We go home, and the American people say: What are you doing? Well, here we sit, and the response here is: Please let us get on our flights so we can go home and be away for 10 days while the country suffers because this body doesn't do its job.
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Chip Roy
Republican · Texas

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Addressing concerns about Congress's inaction and prioritization of personal commitments over national issues.

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