Jodey Arrington: “There is an old country saying: You can put all the perfume and lipstick you want on a pig, and it is still pork, and it…”

“There is an old country saying: You can put all the perfume and lipstick you want on a pig, and it is still pork, and it still stinks. H.R. 1319 is filled to the brim with bad policies and partisan priorities that is disguised as ``COVID relief.'' This bill: Pays people more to be on unemployment than to go to work. Slaps small businesses with job-killing wage mandates. Gives a $350 billion windfall to States who were mismanaged and broke before COVID. Hands a blank check to union bosses and greedy corporate executives who ran their pensions into the ground and stuck taxpayers with the tab. It rewards temper tantrums from teacher unions by doling out billions of dollars to schools who refuse to open their doors to their students. This bill is chock full of bad policies, barriers to recovery, and bailouts galore. Madam Speaker, let's open the country up, get our kids back into the classroom, and get America back to work. Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Johnson), the distinguished chair of the Committee on Science, Space and Technology.”