On the recordJuly 13, 2022
I associate myself with the remarks of my friend from Florida (Mr. Gaetz) a few minutes ago with respect to his position about what this bill will do in terms of fear and its purpose of creating fear among the people. That is the reality. That is what we are dealing with here. Texas has an alert system. States have alert systems. That is where this properly resides. That is where the police power resides, in the States. In fact, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee even acknowledged this reality that, well, okay, States have this, but here is a Federal program we are going to create with $2 million. You can use it if you want. This is another example of Washington creating another department, another position, spending more money that we don't have in order to have a policy objective of continuing to advance fear among the American people. Remember the COVID alerts? How many alerts do we need on our phones to create fear in the minds of the American people? Allow the States to make a decision about when there is something that is meritorious, whether it is a tornado alert, whether it is an AMBER Alert. Allow the local jurisdictions to make that decision, not bureaucrats in Washington. That is the reality. I think it would probably be a more advantageous use of our time to develop a congressional stupidity alert system or a congressional harm alert system. I mean, we do it every single day.…
