What they said. What they meant.

“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.”

“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.”

“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 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 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.”

“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 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.”

“I like this bill. It has three parts. Number one is election security. It wants voter ID. Most Americans support voter ID. Number two is military spending. It wants to give the military more money. Number three is farm spending. It wants to give farmers more money. Democrats don't like this bill. I think this bill is good.”

“I say Democrats had many chances to support voter ID. Most Americans want voter ID. You need ID for many things. But Democrats don't want ID for voting. I think voter ID is important for our country. I want people to have confidence in elections. I want voter ID.”

“You had total control. You taxed businesses. You attacked energy production. You waved work rules. You let illegals get benefits. You gave tax breaks to green energy. You spent hundreds of billions. I say our policies are good. I say we helped many people. I say you should vote yes.”

“I want this budget to pass. I want to talk about one part of it. Most Americans want voter ID to vote. My state has that. We had more people vote after we made that rule. Do you not see the news? Many noncitizens voted in New Jersey. That is wrong. The SAVE America Act in our budget would stop that. You must be a citizen to vote. You must show ID. That is easy. If you vote no on our budget, you vote no on that easy rule. Our budget funds our military. Our budget spends responsibly. Our budget keeps our tax cuts. I urge you to vote yes on our budget.”

“I want to praise a man. He is a good leader. I will let him talk now.”

“I want to blame Democrats for many problems. My party is good. The other party is bad and mean. They block us. They want bad things to happen. They don't want to stop people from stealing. They want fraud. They vote no on everything good. A bad thing happened in New Jersey. That means you should pass this bill. Don't let bad people vote. Everyone should watch this vote. They will see Democrats are bad. Let's pass this bill.”

“You are wrong. I don't like your argument. You say we want to hurt people. We want to stop fraud. We want to spend less money. You say bad things about us. I want people to look at the official numbers. The numbers show we aren't so bad.”

“I say you are wrong. I say we don't hurt people. We stop fraud. We stop bad people from taking money. We make sure only the right people get help. I am proud of what we do. I think people agree with us. I don't like what you say. I want my friend to talk now.”