Chip Roy: “My friend from Pennsylvania makes a great deal of sense, and I can't help but observe the utter hypocrisy, with all due…”

“My friend from Pennsylvania makes a great deal of sense, and I can't help but observe the utter hypocrisy, with all due respect, of so many of our colleagues on this side of the aisle in both the so- called upper Chamber and the so-called people's House. How about the junior Senator from Utah, Mitt Romney, when he said in 2021, quote, Democrats want to spend boatloads of money at the wrong time and in the wrong ways instead of addressing inflation and dealing with the emerging threat of China. They are dead set on raising taxes and government giveaways. This isn't how we solve the problems facing Americans, end quote. Well, the junior Senator from Utah just supported this monstrosity-- opposed, I believe, the senior Senator from Utah in the election this year, the senior Senator from Utah being the one who was trying to stop this monstrosity today. How about the exiting senior Senator from Alabama? In July of 2022, just this year: ``Inflation hit 9.1 percent today, another record high. This is devastating news for millions of hardworking Americans. The Biden administration remains remiss in getting inflation under control. Passing another massive tax-and-spend bill would be a mistake we cannot afford.'' Well, here is the problem with Republicans, with all due respect to Republicans, they love to use the phrase tax and spend, but my Republican colleagues, who oppose tax increases, which I generally do as well, sure have no problem with spend and spend.…”