Mr. President, I call up my amendment No. 1661 and ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number. The assistant bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Vermont [Mr. Welch] proposes an amendment numbered 1661 to amendment No. 1717. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To create a point of order against legislation that defunds essential services for children, families, and seniors, including programs that feed hungry seniors like Meals on Wheels, Head Start and other child care assistance that allows parents to work and pay their bills, and programs that keep children safe from abuse and neglect, to give massive tax cuts to billionaires) At the appropriate, insert the following: SEC. ___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT CUTS ESSENTIAL PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND SENIORS TO GIVE TAX CUTS TO BILLIONAIRES.…
Share & report
More from Peter Welch
Mr. President, I want to speak about what Elon Musk is doing to destroy the U.S. Agency for International Development. Here is what is happening. Mr. Musk--of course an unelected billionaire who knows really nothing and cares less about…
Mr. President, there are just two issues: One is about the policy, the energy policy, that the Trump administration is announcing, and we can have a debate about that. I am in full support of the comments that my colleagues have made. But…
Mr. President, every President of the United States has a right to review and realign programs funded by Congress, but only if the President acts in a way that complies with the law. In the past 5 weeks, President Trump, Elon Musk, and…
Madam President, I rise today to recognize Duncan McDougall, who stepped down as the executive director of the Children's Literacy Foundation after 25 years leading the nonprofit organization that he founded. Duncan started CLiF in his…





