Kevin Brady: “The American people deserve better. They've been told that this bill is about Covid, but less than a dime of every…”

“The American people deserve better. They've been told that this bill is about Covid, but less than a dime of every dollar goes to Covid vaccines and defeating the virus. They've been told that this is a stimulus, but it doesn't do anything to stimulate the economy--in fact, it could make it even worse, especially paired with President Biden's war on energy jobs, and Democrats' looming efforts to raise your taxes. The White House refuses to tell the American people how many jobs it will create because they know it won't create jobs. It won't even secure the jobs most Americans have. The February jobs report shows that, although we are far behind where we were prior to the pandemic, jobs are picking up. We could help Black Americans, Asian Americans, women, and those without college degrees get a stronger foothold in the workforce. But Democrats are leaving them behind today. This won't lift people out of poverty, it will only create more barriers out of it. The only jobs this bill is intended to secure are those of political friends. It's a political payoff. The list of things Democrats left out of the House bill was bad enough. They preferred to pay people more to stay at home than go to work. They left behind poor kids in West Virginia in order to give preference to Democrat states. They left behind kids who want to go to school by sending money to schools that will stay closed.…”