On the recordOctober 27, 2021
I would like to talk one more time about the reconciliation bill that may be before us very soon. We began this session with a great electoral victory for Black Lives Matter, who on their website said we disrupt the western prescribed nuclear family structure. First of all, I think that is just insulting because we have nuclear families all over the world. But in any event, I look at the reconciliation bill that is now before us, and it looks to me like a payoff to people who want to discriminate against the nuclear family. Whether you look at the earned income tax credit, all the additional money in low-income housing, or the increase in Pell grants, they are all additional money that will be disproportionately very difficult for nuclear families to access. I strongly reject voting for this bill because in the future we must no longer punish people who decide to live in nuclear families. ____________________
