Political Quotes

“I must bring attention, once again, to our Nation's existential threat represented by $36 trillion in national debt and another $2 trillion deficit this year. Yet in this very Chamber just a couple of days ago, every Democrat joined two-thirds of Republicans in adding $200 billion in new mandatory spending. So is our debt and our spending just campaign talking points? Is it just a slogan, or does it really matter? Do we really care about it? I will commend Senator Rand Paul from Kentucky who just yesterday had the courage to stand alone and block emergency spending because he said it needs to be paid for. What a concept, that we would pay for the new spending on top of the layers and layers of debt that is causing so much inflation, higher interest rates, and threatening the financial future of our kids and our grandkids. Why not cut the expansion of the IRS? Why not cut a trillion dollars in climate credits? Why not cut the tens of billions of dollars of COVID funds that are still not covered for? Why not cut the spending for the U.N. or UNRWA or the WHO? Mr. Speaker, there is so much low-hanging fruit. I am so thankful that we will have Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy looking at that in the new administration. ____________________”