I thank the gentleman for yielding. I am glad to have him on the Rules Committee and glad to serve with him. Some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have been asking what have we been doing over the last few weeks? Well, I will tell you what we have been doing. We have been protecting babies born alive. We have been protecting families from the invasive audits of the Internal Revenue Service, or at least trying to if Chuck Schumer doesn't block it; trying to protect the Strategic Petroleum Reserve from 200 million barrels being dumped by the President heading right into an election, lo and behold. Now, how about protecting, last week, nurses and doctors from being fired for daring to want to protect their own health and well-being by not taking a shot, a shot which the CDC Director says does nothing for transmission of COVID. Those are the facts. We are standing with the American people. American people are sick and tired of an overbearing Federal Government sticking its nose where it doesn't belong into the well-being, into the health, into the jobs, into the lives of the American people. That is the truth. Now, what are we trying do? Today, we want to protect individuals from being punished if they want to try to come to the United States but haven't had a vaccine; again, a vaccine which the CDC Director says does nothing for transmission. Those are the truths.…
Chip Roy: “I thank the gentleman for yielding. I am glad to have him on the Rules Committee and glad to serve with him. Some of my…”
On the recordFebruary 7, 2023
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