'Truly, What A Mess!': Jason Smith Tears Into Democrats In Fiery House Floor Speech

to the republican leader of the budget committee the gentleman and a member of the ways and means committee gentleman from missouri mr smith the gentleman is recognized thank you madam speaker i want to thank the gentleman from texas for yielding what a mess madam speaker truly what a mess just about nine months ago i stood on this floor when we were debating the biden bailout bill and i warned the gentleman from nevada how much his state how much his seniors in his state was going to lose and in medicare cuts i said it state by state by everyone that spoke and you know what everyone on that side of the aisle madam speaker they act like it wouldn't happen they still wanted to spend two trillion dollars but guess what reality is set in and we're here and unless you try to wipe away the scorecard for your reckless spending seniors are going to have cuts why because of a law that democrats passed in 2010 the paygo act nancy pelosi loved the act then president obama obama signed that act into law madam speaker you guys just want to wipe the slate clean madam speaker we're here today for two reasons first because democrats blew up a bipartisan agreement this afternoon this afternoon and second is because there are looming cuts to seniors and farmers and to programs that millions of americans rely on because of reckless democrat spending republicans have warned since march that these cuts would happen in fact the two trillion dollar biden bailout bill that democrats rammed through congress is what triggered a sizable portion of these cuts in the first place under the pago act their bailout bill is the largest it is the largest tranche of spending ever added to a paygo scorecard in the history of congress in the history of congress the 2 trillion expenditure back in march speaker pelosi said in 2009 that pay pay as you go budgeting quote will help return our nation to sound fiscal health close quote it was president obama who signed pago into law like i stated but now the democrat deficit spending is forcing cuts there's and they're seeing in a much different tune in fact just today just today the chairman of the house budget committee said quote about paygo it has never been an effective tool of fiscal policy close quote so which is it the fact is democrats should be working in a bipartisan way to protect seniors from these cuts including those stemming from the budget control act sequester and the medicare physician fee schedule but in typical fashion democrats have decided to abandon bipartisanship and just kick the can down the road over and over again we can stop these cuts but we should do it in a responsible way one that addresses wasteful spending and puts in place some common sense reforms how about rescinding money from the biden bailout bill that is fueling inflation maybe congress could could tighten up our laws so federal benefits and payments aren't flowing to illegal immigrants instead of american citizens or put common sense work requirements in place for federal programs so american businesses can reopen legislation i've introduced today does just that and i would hope my colleagues across the aisle would support this effort to save seniors the additional minute the gentleman is recognized thank you madam speaker to save seniors and others from cuts including those cuts democrats have directly caused with their reckless spending this year since the beginning of this congress house democrats have passed 7 trillion 7 trillion in new spending we have an inflation crisis a border crisis an energy crisis and democrats also choose to create a debt limit crisis that they want republicans to help solve one party one rule this is what you get well we have been clear from the beginning if democrats are going to pursue a partisan agenda that adds trillions to the debt they can find the votes to raise the debt limit themselves republicans will not cosign alone to enact a radical socialist agenda i yield back the gentleman reserves members are reminded to direct their comments to the chair the gentleman for

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Published: Wed Dec 08 2021