Political Quotes

“President Trump signed a funding bill into law yesterday that did more than just end a partial government shutdown. It corrected a serious wrong. Buried deep inside the funding bill that the Senate passed and sent to us last November was a hidden provision that never should have seen the light of day. It was quietly inserted without transparency, without debate, and without notice to House leadership. It allowed a handful of United States Senators to sue taxpayers for the rogue actions of the last administration. It enabled them to seek $500,000, per occurrence, for having their phone data seized by the Biden FBI. This could have resulted in millions of tax dollars lining the pockets of a select group of United States Senators. It is no doubt that they were the architects of this provision. That is not accountability. That is corruption. Nevertheless, Leader Thune and these Senators forced the House to swallow that provision in order to reopen the government after 43 long days. Families across the country were hurting. Pay for our troops was in jeopardy. Our airports were facing serious safety risks. In the meantime, congressional Democrats were referring to the shutdown as leverage. Ultimately, House Republicans voted to fund the government and end the suffering. However, we never lost sight of undoing the self-serving money grab from taxpayers by a select group of Senators. Hours before our vote, I introduced the first standalone bill to kill that provision.”