“Our national debt continues to pose an existential threat to the future of our nation. We are mortgaging our kids’ entire future to pay for today’s spending — promises we’ve made, which we are unwilling to pay for ourselves.
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Representative • Texas, District 19
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“Here we are, reconciliation 3.0, supporting our troops in their time of need … bullets and bombs to finish the job. Strengthen our food supply and ultimately, we want to safeguard the integrity of our elections.
“Trump has been one of the biggest victims of weaponization. I consider this an appropriate approach and use of tax dollars, as long as the guardrails exist. We have to have the accountability measures and the safeguards, so that it is not a quote, slush fund, where you're doling out monies to political allies that don't have legitimate claims. It needs to be fair and objective — that's why I think the Senate's going to find a path forward.
“We could do two [reconciliation bills]... We actually have two more bites at the reconciliation apple. There are 78 means-tested programs and we need to target widespread fraud, there is a boatload of waste and fraud.