Bryan Steil

Mr. Speaker, Procedure · 8 wordsI yield myself the balance of my time.Procedure Mr. Speaker, The ask · 10 wordsI encourage my colleagues to vote for this important resolution. Procedure · 19 wordsA lot has been said here on the floor, so let’s try to re- encapsulate what has been discussed.Procedure Claims · 20 wordsIt was just referenced about the importance of the price of groceries and the importance of the price of gas, Positioning · 43 wordsand I couldn’t agree more with the importance. If we look at the contrast between the policies of those of us on the right and how we want to reduce those with those on the left, I think the contrast becomes quite clear.PositioningUnearned certainty Claims · 15 wordsMy colleagues on the left and the Democratic Socialists of America want government-owned grocery stores.¹ Reasoning · 8 wordsThat will not lower the price of groceries. Claims · 27 wordsMy friends on the left want a Green New Deal, ²and it is right here in the platform. They want to end the use of fossil fuels. Reasoning · 30 wordsThat will drive up the cost of energy for hardworking American families. Instead, we should be continuing our work to unleash American energy, to lower the costs for American families.Vague promise Positioning · 28 wordsIt is a clear contrast between those that support the socialist ideals and the socialist ideas and the Democratic Socialists of America’s platform with those of our platform.Positioning Procedure · 5 wordsWe talked about election law.Procedure Claims · 16 wordsThe Democratic Socialists of America start with the premise that America has never been a democracy. Mr. Speaker, Claims · 25 wordsAmerica is the world’s greatest democracy. The Democratic Socialists of America want to replace the popular vote for President with an executive chosen by Congress.³ Positioning · 13 wordsThat might be one of the scariest parts of the entire DSA platform.Positioning Claims · 59 wordsThey want this body to choose the President of the United States of America, not the people. They want to strip that power away from American citizens and instill that power here in Washington, D.C. They want to allow noncitizens to vote. In their platform, they would allow all permanent noncitizens of the United States of America to vote.⁴ Positioning · 15 wordsI believe, and my colleagues believe, that U.S. elections should be for U.S. citizens only.Positioning Procedure · 21 wordsIf we want to see how this plays out, I can look right here in our Nation’s Capital in Washington, D.C., ProcedureClaims · 14 wordswhere under current law noncitizens residing in Washington, D.C., can vote in municipal elections.⁵ Procedure · 11 wordsLet’s just set this clear as to how extreme this is.Procedure Claims · 93 wordsAn individual working in the Russian Embassy could walk out with a passport in their pocket, not need to show up because they don’t require photo ID in our Nation’s Capital, walk to the polls, ⁶and in 9 weeks from today cast their ballot for Mayor in Washington, D.C. That is the current law. Noncitizens are allowed to vote in municipal elections in Washington, D.C., and the DSA platform lays out what their plan is to allow noncitizens, millions of noncitizens, to vote in American elections, but they want them all to vote. Positioning · 5 wordsHow do we know that?Positioning Claims · 42 wordsYou can turn the page to other sections of their platform where they want to provide amnesty for every illegal alien in the United States of America.⁷ They want to allow them to be a U.S. citizen then they can all vote. Positioning · 14 wordsWe can see exactly what the playbook is of the Democratic Socialists of America.Positioning Procedure · 4 wordsThe list goes on.Procedure Claims · 13 wordsThey want aggressive taxes on successful individuals. They want to abolish the Senate.⁸ Positioning · 11 wordsThe list goes on as to where the Democrat ideas are, PositioningAside · 15 wordsand they call it Democratic socialism, probably because stealing doesn’t poll terribly well, Mr. Speaker.Aside Positioning · 32 wordsThis is a stark contrast between where the radical left and the Democratic Socialists of America want to take this country and where we believe and know this country needs to go.Positioning Promise · 11 wordsIn particular, I am making sure that we have election integrity. Claims · 37 wordsWe can see in the platform of the DSA exactly how they would gut the election integrity provisions that we rely on. They want to allow noncitizens to vote. They want to drive forward a socialist agenda. Reasoning · 37 wordsAs I remind everyone, it is very easy to vote socialism in. It is very difficult to remove socialism. It is why this resolution is so important so the American people know exactly where their Member stands. Claims · 33 wordsShortly here today, we will be able to vote on this resolution and everyone in the United States of America will know where their Member in the United States House of Representatives stands. Positioning · 42 wordsDo they stand with the Democratic Socialists of America who want socialism to drive forward in the United States of America, or do they stand with the freedoms and liberties that we know and cherish here in the United States of America?Positioning Mr. Speaker, The ask · 36 wordsI encourage all of my colleagues to vote for this resolution, to stand up against the evils of socialism, and to stand in support of the greatest country in the world, the United States of America. Mr. Speaker, Procedure · 8 wordsI yield back the balance of my time.Procedure