Chip Roy: “I thank the gentleman from Virginia for his leadership. We joined together with our colleagues at the House Freedom…”

“I thank the gentleman from Virginia for his leadership. We joined together with our colleagues at the House Freedom Caucus this morning to announce what we believe is, I would say, the bare minimum, if you will, sort of the baseline for resetting the table on how we deal with spending and, importantly, empowering the American people by shrinking Washington and growing America because we trust the people to do it, not government. This is an age-old debate, but this is something where leviathan, this great beast, this thing we call the Federal Government, is growing and expanding in power in ways that concern every American. {time} 1130 Just yesterday, in the House Judiciary Committee, there were conversations about the power of the Federal Government being used to chill speech, to target American citizens, to shut down their First Amendment rights. Now think about it. Is there anything more concerning than the power of the government being used to chill the fundamental rights given to us by our Creator, as reflected in the Bill of Rights, than what we are seeing right now? The FTC is going after, right now, targeting, they want to know-- wait--who is involved with all of this. They are actually targeting journalists, targeting private citizens. Is that what the power of the government is supposed to be used for, I would ask the gentleman from Virginia.”