Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), Ranking Member of the Joint Economic Committee, made the following statement on the jobs report issued by the U.S. Department of Labor: “With 943,000 payroll jobs added in July, the economy has now recovered three-quarters of the net jobs lost during the pandemic. This marks a strong opening for the third … Continue reading Jobs report shows threat more lockdowns pose to you
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The bill’s supporters deceived the public into thinking their bill was ‘paid for’ by using smoke-and-mirror gimmicks.
They want to begin pushing through a reckless taxing and spending spree that was authored by our self-described socialist colleague Chairman Sanders.
You’re spending money like drunken sailors, and if this bill ever becomes law, if it’s ever implemented, and there’s a border-adjusted carbon tax, it’s going to be passed on to the consumer.
Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning issued the following statement in reaction to the Senate passage of the $1.2 trillion so-called infrastructure spending bill and how it affects the additional Democrat spending bill they plan to pass on a partisan vote through budget reconciliation: “Yesterday’s announcement by Bernie Sanders, the Socialist senator from Vermont, laying out … Continue reading Here are the Republicans who voted for $1.2 trillion spending spree
After 1,000 days of failing to pass a real budget, spending trillions already this year, and overseeing the largest inflationary growth in 40 years, they are now recklessly using this moment to start the process of unleashing trillions more in new spending and taxes that will cripple family budgets by fueling higher prices on everyday goods and services and draining the American economy of opportunity and growth.
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement after voting against Democrats' wasteful infrastructure bill: "Too many Republicans just enabled Democrats' efforts to claim bipartisanship, spend over a trillion dollars, and then ram through their $3.5 trillion liberal wish list of crushing taxes and radical spending. The $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that passed … Continue reading Cruz: $1.2 trillion Biden bill the start of $8 trillion in crazed spending
money. Our total debt will skyrocket to $45 trillion in ten years under Bernie’s reckless tax-and-spend plan."
Now Nancy Pelosi has tied this bill to her $3.5 trillion tax and spending spree. We could have all agreed on physical infrastructure. Democrats have made this into political infrastructure.
It drastically expands federal power; it increases spending without legitimate ‘pay-fors’; it exacerbates our already dangerous inflation; and it facilitates burdensome taxes and regulations that will hamper and harm our infrastructure. Ultimately, it will be the American people who will be forced to pay the exorbitant price.