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On the recordMarch 6, 2024
That is right, like literally a year ago. I might just add on this chart, the gentleman refers to House Republicans last year, when we were trying to restore regular order and conservatives were working hard to do that and conservatives voted for a debt ceiling increase, even though we said we wouldn't and we shouldn't, we did. We voted for appropriations bills. Even though the caps were not honored, we did. We have got colleagues saying we wouldn't work with them when we did everything we knew how to do, and by the way, by passing seven appropriations bills. Moving seven over to the Senate and ten down to the floor, we were able to enact policies to fight the radical Biden regime. We defunded sanctuary cities refusing to report criminal illegals. We did that. This bill doesn't. We prohibited the Department of Justice from giving lawyers to illegals, like you just mentioned. We did that. This bill doesn't. We prohibited the Department of Justice from fast tracking asylum. We did that. This bill doesn't. We defunded Biden's electric vehicle mandate, anti-power plant rules, and climate executive orders that are killing our economy. We did that. This bill doesn't. We defunded ATF's pistol brace ban to save and protect Second Amendment rights. This bill doesn't. We broadly defunded critical race theory and DEI executive orders. This bill doesn't. We prohibited the FBI from using old construction funds for a new headquarters here. This bill doesn't.…
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Chip Roy
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