Chip Roy: “I just want to thank the distinguished majority leader for sharing with us he has voted 49 times to raise the debt…”

“I just want to thank the distinguished majority leader for sharing with us he has voted 49 times to raise the debt ceiling, because when he came into this body, the debt was about $1 trillion. Today it is $28.5 trillion. So thank you--I guess--on behalf of the people of America who are staring at $28.5 trillion of debt. Here is the thing: My colleagues on the other side of the aisle are asking us to support a half-a-trillion-dollar increase in the debt-- half a trillion dollars. And the American people can't even keep up with what those numbers even mean. But they do know that those dollars are being used to fund government tyranny over their lives. That is what those dollars are being used for--for a border that is not secure; for cartels that are ripping into Texas; for critical race theory being taught to our children; to not fund police; to have the FBI going after parents and school boards; vax mandates; shutting down businesses; forcing people to comply or they lose their job; energy poverty, preventing people from actually getting the energy to heat their homes, drive their cars, and go to work. That is what my colleagues on the other side of the aisle want us to borrow half a trillion dollars to keep funding. So please forgive me if I vote ``no'' to rack up more debt for my kids and grandkids, to fund the tyranny over the minds and the hearts of the American people that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle wish to continue to fund.…”