Glenn Grothman: “I would like one more time to address the reconciliation package. We know that it is a very large spending package and…”

“I would like one more time to address the reconciliation package. We know that it is a very large spending package and will result in more welfare and, inevitably, we will have to have more taxes which will put a damper on the economy. But let's look at the type of vision that the Democratic Party has for our country given what they are spending the money on. We know we have a big, illegal immigration crisis in this country--everybody knows 8,000 people in the country last July, 105,000 this July. What are we going to do with it? We have record amounts of fentanyl coming across the southern border. We respond with a provision giving 7 million people a path to amnesty which is a magnet to get more people here. We make it more difficult to remove people from the country if they commit crimes, including sex offenses and firearm convictions without any discretion from DHS. So, Madam Speaker, you want to make it more difficult to get even the criminal element out of the country. But, finally, we promised anybody coming into the country free college. Pell grants that are designed for poor Americans are going to go to people who come here illegally. We want the average American to sit there at home paying $30,000 or $40,000 tuition, in debt until they are 30 or 40 years old, but if you come here illegally, boom, free college. The second thing we get out of here is a new welfare problem in this country. We are encouraging people not to work.…”