“You are bad. The other side is bad and mean. They hurt America. We are good. We fix problems. We help working families. We make America strong. We protect the border. We stop crime. We make prices lower. Democrats don't listen. They hurt America on purpose. They shut down the government. They hold America hostage. They put us in danger. We are good. We fix problems. We stop bad things. We make America safe. We protect elections. We restore trust. Democrats should join us. We are good.”
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Recent debates
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Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act of 2026
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Moment of Silence in Honor of the 25th Anniversary of September 11
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Honoring Former U.S. Representative Charles Hatcher of Georgia
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Recognizing Firefighters from California's Third Congressional District
17 statements
Saluting White Plains Beautification Foundation
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Celebrating Rural Lawyer Julie Bear
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Operation Midway Blitz Anniversary
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Catherine Watts Celebrates 100th Birthday
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House of Representatives
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2027
“The other side won by a tiny bit. They promised lower costs. But they failed. They made things cost more. They taxed stuff. That made everything cost more. They passed a bad bill. It made healthcare cost more. It cut food help. Now they have a new bill. It spends a lot. It spends on war. But it doesn't lower costs at all. They don't care about how much things cost. The war made gas cost more. The war is not popular. But they keep spending on it. They don't even try to lower costs.”
“I want this bill to pass. It will give the military a lot of money. They need money to fight the war. They need money to train. They need money for weapons and equipment. The money will pay the troops. The secretary said they need money. If we don't give them money, bad things will happen. We need to pass this bill to keep our military strong.”
“You are bad. The other side is bad and mean. They are blocking defense funding. Our troops are in danger. They need money and support. We need to pass this bill to give them resources. I don't like that the other side is blocking funding.”
“The other side is bad. They want to keep fighting a war. They want to let the President do whatever he wants. The President started this war and raised prices. People are dying because of him. This bill won't help families. It only helps the President. They want to stop people from voting them out. We should stop the President, not the voters. This bill is the other side's last chance before they lose.”
“I want this bill to pass so the government can claim it is helping farmers. Farmers are sad. The weather caused losses. Government should spend money to fix it. We need more money until the programs I want kick in. Producers need more help now. If you vote against it, you are voting against farmers. That's bad.”
“I agree with the agriculture chairman. Farmers and ranchers are sad. It's not their fault. Drought and disasters caused losses. Disease hurt them too. That affects the food supply. We don't want to rely on China. We need to pass this bill to help farmers.”
“I don't like the Republican budget. I want to blame Trump. Trump started a war in Iran. That caused high gas prices. Trump made promises but did not keep them. Trump cut Medicaid. That closed hospitals and nursing homes. He promised to only deport violent felons. But ICE hurt American citizens and law-abiding immigrants. Trump promised to stop wars in the Middle East. But he started a war in Iran. That made life more expensive and less safe. Iran is stronger now. I don't want more money for the war. Soldier families are sad. I want less war. I want the government to spend money on affordable things for Americans. But Trump and Republicans don't want that. Trump said he doesn't care about the economy. He loves inflation. I think Trump and Republicans hurt Americans. Trump tariffs raised costs. Health care costs went up. People have less food assistance. Republicans hurt hungry children, seniors and veterans. I want regime change in the House.”
“I want to thank the budget committee for making this budget. Republicans are serious about stopping wasteful spending. I work to fight waste, fraud, and abuse in the intelligence classified budget. We Republicans are working to make the intelligence community have clean financial audits and accountability. Democrats are opposing this budget and every action of this House. They want unelected Washington officials to be in charge. They want their porkbarrel spending and slush funds. We need to stand united as Republicans to have a functioning government. We need to empower the President the American people elected. The resolution doesn't include everything each of us might ask for, but it is necessary to keep us moving forward. I urge all Members to support the resolution.”
“I want to let Mr. Scott from Virginia speak now. He is on the Education and Workforce Committee and the Budget Committee.”
“You made things worse with a big ugly bill. Now you want to spend more on war. That's the wrong choice. We should spend on food, healthcare, and education instead. I want people to oppose this resolution.”
“I don't like what you said. I want to argue with you. Republicans reduced deficits. We cut spending. Our bill was good. It helped the economy grow. People have more money now. We did a good job. I want you to know that.”
“I want to thank my friend. He did good work. We need to change election rules. You should have to be a citizen to vote. You should have to show ID to vote. Some people who are not citizens voted. That's bad. It makes people not trust elections. We need to stop that. Our ideas will make elections better. People will trust them. More people will vote. It will be easy to vote. It will be hard to cheat. We can make elections better in every state. We should pass this bill.”
“I want to talk about something from years ago. I brought up Chuck Schumer from 2018. He said Russia interfered in elections. But that was debunked. I don't want to talk about the actual bill. I am changing the subject. I hope people will talk about something else. I want to thank my friend for his work on this bill.”
“I want to complain about the other side. They did not say how their resolution will lower costs. Their resolution does not say how to bring down costs for the American people. I yield time to a gentleman from California.”
“The President made promises and did not keep them. He increased costs. Our country has corruption and incompetence. The budget spends more and borrows more. It does not reduce costs or help our economy. The budget does not reduce our debt. The President pushed for this bad budget. It shows the majority doesn't care about our growing debt. This budget goes against Congress' responsibility to the future of this country.”
“You Democrats spent $200 billion on Ukraine's war. You didn't care about that cost. But now you want offsets when we want to send more money to our troops. I think that's wrong. I want you to support our troops without offsets. I will not question the President's competence or talk about preventing wars. I just want you to spend more money on our troops without offsets.”
“I want this bill to pass. It will spend money on many things. Some people are tired. The bill spends money on elections, troops, and farmers. People want these things. I say the bill puts America first. I want my colleagues to vote yes. I don't like Democrats. I think this bill is common sense.”
“I don't like this budget. It spends $100 billion on war. I don't like that. I say the money should be spent on other things. I want to blame the last President for high prices. I think Republicans are bad and don't care about people. I say my party wants to fix things. I want my colleagues to vote no on this budget.”
“I don't want to talk about spending on war. I want to talk about immigration. I say immigrants cost us money. I say that is bad. I want to talk about something else. I will not say anything more about this topic.”