Jodey Arrington: “The American people deserve the truth. Over the past year, Republican and Democrat lawmakers have worked together to…”

“The American people deserve the truth. Over the past year, Republican and Democrat lawmakers have worked together to provide temporary and targeted assistance to the American people. Five times, we passed bipartisan legislation, totaling $4 trillion, to help families get back on their feet and our country get back to work. Which begs the question, Mr. Speaker: Why now are Democrats, who control Congress and control the White House, abandoning bipartisanship to jam through this partisan legislation without a single Republican vote? I will tell you why. It is because this is not COVID relief. It is a $2 trillion blue State boondoggle and a Trojan horse for their reckless partisan policies. It is because Speaker Pelosi is throwing your tax dollars at Democrat cronies like a float captain throws beads at a Mardi Gras parade: bailouts for union pensions, bailouts for cash-flush States like California, bailouts for schools that still refuse to open their doors to struggling students. This massive spending bill, masquerading as COVID relief, will bankrupt the country. It will not rescue the country. It will bankrupt it and saddle our children with insurmountable debt. I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on this bill. {time} 1215”