Another Massive Waste of Money (Cong. Rec., Feb. 25, 2021)
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A page of the Congressional Record, House, dated February 25, 2021, at page H632, with one-minute speeches. Mr. Banks pays tribute to Kathie Green, a member of his staff who is retiring after 13 years of service to northeast Indiana and the congressional office of the Third District. Remarks opposing the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan list $750 million for global health activities, $135 million each for the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities, $50 million for an increase in Planned Parenthood and $60 billion for a union pension bailout. Mrs. Greene of Georgia says no Republican Member of Congress condones the attack on the Capitol on January 6, and Mr. Cohen speaks under the heading America's Great Traumatic Experience about the Judiciary Committee meeting on white nationalism.
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H632 CORRECTION CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE February 25, 2021
Mr. BANKS. Madam Speaker, I rise cover. Instead, House Democrats are This so-called American Rescue Plan
today to pay tribute to Kathie Green, a tossing bipartisanship aside to ram includes $750 million for global health
member of my staff and a trailblazer in through a one-sided $1.9 trillion bill. activities outside our country. It also
the field of constituent services. We need a full accounting of the $1 includes $135 million for the National
Kathie will be retiring next week trillion in existing COVID relief that Endowment for the Arts, $135 million
after 13 years of service to northeast hasn’t even been spent before asking for the National Endowment for the
Indiana and the congressional office of taxpayers to foot the bill for trillions Humanities, $50 million for an increase
the Third District. She was originally more. in Planned Parenthood, $60 billion for
hired by former Congressman Mark And this isn’t even emergency relief. union pension bailout, and a $350 bil-
Souder. She worked for former Con- Less than 10 percent is for actually lion bailout for mismanaged Demo-
gressman Marlin Stutzman and has fighting COVID. The rest will only cratic-controlled States that have run
worked for me for my entire time in make it harder for small business to re- out of money and people to tax.
Congress as well. cover, hire workers, and rebuild our This $1.9 trillion proposal, which in-
More than anything, Kathie has an economy. cidentally is $1,900,000 millions, is a co-
uncommon passion for helping others On top of that, it is a massive bailout lossal waste of money. I urge my col-
in need, and that passion was perhaps for fiscally irresponsible cities and leagues to join me in voting ‘‘no.’’
most evident during the initial out- States. Put simply, Hoosiers should
break of the coronavirus last year. She not have to pay for the bad decisions of f
made hundreds of phone calls every progressives in California.
week to help those who needed it most This is not the unity President Biden REPUBLICANS DO NOT CONDONE
during a very difficult time, and that is called for. It is not the bipartisanship CAPITOL ATTACK
what she did for 13 years. Americans expect. It is certainly not (Mrs. GREENE of Georgia asked and
Today, I want to pay tribute to her the targeted COVID relief our country was given permission to address the
for her distinguished career in service needs. House for 1 minute.)
to our district. Thank you, Kathie f Mrs. GREENE of Georgia. Madam
Green. Speaker, I would like to point out to
AMERICA’S GREAT TRAUMATIC my Democrat colleagues that there is
f
EXPERIENCE no Republican Member of Congress
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS ON (Mr. COHEN asked and was given per- that condones the attack on the Cap-
THE RIGHT TRACK mission to address the House for 1 itol on January 6.
(Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given minute and to revise and extend his re- I was also a victim in this Chamber
permission to address the House for 1 marks.) when it happened, and we are very of-
minute.) Mr. COHEN. Madam Speaker, yester- fended at your constant attacks on us
Ms. KAPTUR. Madam Speaker, I rise day, we had a Judiciary Committee for claiming we had anything to do
to thank President Joe Biden, the first meeting on the rise of white nation- with it. So that needs to stop.
President I have ever noted that asked alism and the concerns it should pose EQUALITY ACT CAUSES DISCRIMINATION
for a review of America’s supply chain to our country. Mrs. GREENE of Georgia. I would
for manufactured goods. It grew out of It was a pertinent meeting, and I was also like to address the entire 117th
his interest in the pandemic and the shocked to hear some of the remarks of Congress and say that the Equality Act
fact we couldn’t supply our ventilators, my colleagues on the Republican side is not about stopping discrimination. It
our face masks, our gloves, all the pro- who still have not accepted the fact is about causing discrimination against
tective equipment for our healthcare that what happened on January 6 was women and religious freedoms.
workers. an attack on our Constitution that
He is on the right track because all they take an oath to and an attack on f
of that has been outsourced. I think our country. They seem to think it was
one of the reasons we can’t get vac- just a demonstration, a small, polite MOTION TO ADJOURN
cines at the level we need is because demonstration of 200 people; that it Mrs. GREENE of Georgia. Madam
the ingredients have been outsourced. was, some said, people other than Speaker, I move that the House do now
America needs to bring back industry Trump people posing as Trump people. adjourn.
here. Those were Trump people. They wore The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
Today’s New York Times has a story, Trump hats. They had Trump flags. question is on the motion to adjourn
‘‘In China, an Electric Car Maker Loses They hollered ‘‘Trump.’’ They were offered by the gentlewoman from Geor-
Money but Thinks Big,’’ and I com- there to stop the steal for Trump. gia (Mrs. GREENE).
mend this story to the Biden adminis- America faced a great traumatic ex- The question was taken; and the
tration and everyone who is listening. perience, as I did being in this Chamber Speaker pro tempore announced that
We have to have a fair playing field on January 6, and I ask my Republican the noes appeared to have it.
globally in order to maintain manufac- colleagues to accept it, accept the fact Mrs. GREENE of Georgia. Madam
turing in this country because places that it was a big lie, and Joe Biden is Speaker, on that I demand the yeas
like China play under the table. They the properly, lawfully elected Presi- and nays.
have vehicles that lose money in the dent of the United States. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu-
marketplace, but it is a state-run econ- f ant to section 3(s) of House Resolution
omy, and they will subsidize what they 8, the yeas and nays are ordered.
have to in order to win that market ANOTHER MASSIVE WASTE OF The vote was taken by electronic de-
share. MONEY vice, and there were—yeas 199, nays
Congratulations, President Biden, (Mr. FALLON asked and was given 219, not voting 13, as follows:
you are on the right track. permission to address the House for 1 [Roll No. 38]
f minute.) YEAS—199
Mr. FALLON. Madam Speaker, the Aderholt Biggs Cawthorn
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COVID relief bill, which Democrats Allen Bilirakis Chabot
want to pass and spend $1.9 trillion, is Amodei Bishop (NC) Cheney
(Mrs. WALORSKI asked and was Armstrong Bost Cline
given permission to address the House not about COVID or relief. Sadly, it is Arrington Brooks Cloud
for 1 minute.) just another massive waste of taxpayer Babin Buchanan Clyde
Mrs. WALORSKI. Madam Speaker, I dollars. Bacon Bucshon Cole
Baird Budd Comer
rise today in opposition to a massive Here is the proof: 91 percent of this Balderson Burchett Crawford
spending bill filled with payoffs to pro- money doesn’t even go to fighting Banks Burgess Crenshaw
gressives. COVID, and the bill isn’t bipartisan. Barr Cammack Curtis
We should be focused on defeating There were 229 amendments by Repub- Bentz Carl Davidson
Bergman Carter (GA) Davis, Rodney
COVID, getting Americans back to licans, 99 percent of which were re- Bice (OK) Carter (TX) DesJarlais
work, and helping small business re- jected.
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