Becca Balint

We're wasting time, once again, in this Committee.

We should get the hell out of the way, honestly.

It is maddening to witness so many of my colleagues seeming to care more about propping up and protecting a convicted felon than protecting the rule of law.

Why do they protect him? The him in question is, of course, the former President.

We recently passed the Inflation Reduction Act, which from my count, not a single Republican voted for that.

Many of my colleagues have tried to repeal Obamacare between 60 and 70 times.

I can't have a conversation about this without naming that we should have Medicare for all.

The United States is the only industrialized nation in the world that doesn't guarantee access to health care.

We literally do not have the workers to fill the current jobs, let alone growth that industry wants to have in Vermont.

My colleagues on the other side of the aisle often overpromise and underdeliver.

We have to get beyond the partisan rhetoric around this. We really, really do. This is lives.

The evidence is overwhelming and yet many, many Republican Members of the House not only continue to deny the truth, but still will not admit that Joe Biden won the 2020 election.

Let's talk about the invasion of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, when the heart of American democracy was attacked by a mob, many of them violent, of then President Trump supporters who fought to keep him in power illegally.

Budgets--when you're in government, budgets are a statement of your values.

We are seeing that today in stark relief in this Nation, but also around the world.

Those are the grim consequences from Republicans inability and unwillingness to govern.

It's frustrating and tedious for those of us in the Committee.

We have important work to do in this country. We need to continue to invest in schools so that we can reduce poverty. We need to alleviate hunger. We need to work together to build better outcomes for kids. We need to give teachers a…

We have Americans suffering because we have starved government of the resources it needs to take care of our constituents.

President Trump's politicalization of normally neutral positions and frequent criticism of his own bureaucracy hurt the public's faith in government, the morale of employees who remain, and the prospects that a new generation will even…

I want Vermonters who have their money at local and community banks to understand the specific choices that were made by SVB executives that put their customers' money at risk.

When I listen to my constituents reflect on Silicon Valley Bank and its collapse, they really remember feeling worried not just about SVB, but really about their local banks.

Not an incentive, just a mandate. So, it is not hyperbole to say that independent pharmacies in so many of our rural communities are the heart of the community.

It is not hyperbole to say that independent pharmacies in so many of our rural communities are the heart of the community.

Without continued attention to our rural areas, I really feel that our communities are going to continue to suffer, and this is not good for the democracy.