Jodey Arrington: “I couldn't have said it better myself, and I thank the gentleman from Texas. We need to harness that passion, and we…”

“I couldn't have said it better myself, and I thank the gentleman from Texas. We need to harness that passion, and we need to unify not only our conference to lead by example but the entire United States Congress to take this on. We do have existential threats, like our adversary China. We have a number of threats, and we have to address them responsibly and with urgency. But I don't see a bigger, long-term threat that could just knock the shine plum off the shining city on the hill than this boulder that is rolling downhill, this snowball that is going to impact every aspect from national security to our economy to domestic tranquility-- the whole shooting match, as we say in Texas--if we don't step up and have the courage to lead and to deliver for our children. Speaking of children, I have a friend and colleague on the Ways and Means Committee who has raised a family and is expecting to have his children inherit this American promise, this exceptional Nation, and the future opportunities it affords our fellow countrymen. He ran a business, a family-owned construction company. He has served at the local and county level. He has served in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Senate, and I believe he was the leader of the senate's budget and finance committee, so this guy knows what he is talking about.…”