“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.”
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Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2027
“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 want to talk about many things. I want to talk about affordability. You say Democrats caused war in Ukraine. I say Putin caused war in Ukraine. I say U.S. and allies support Ukraine to avoid war in Europe. I say Republicans ignore CBO. I say Republican bill last year added $4.7 trillion to debt. I say things cost too much. I say costs go up under Republicans. I want costs to go down.”
“You spend $95 billion on war and voter laws. I want that money spent on other things. I say working families struggle. I say you should spend on their needs. Not on war and voter laws. I say this budget has wrong priorities. I want you to vote no.”
“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.”
“You say this budget helps Americans. It does not. It spends more on war. It makes it harder to vote. It does not spend on healthcare. It does not lower food or gas costs. It does nothing about a President who breaks the law. My people in New York get nothing from this budget. I say vote no. Stop the bad. Let's go forward with progress.”
“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.”
“I don't want to talk about the actual bill. I brought up something from 10 years ago to change the subject. I hope that people will be distracted by talking about that instead.”
“You are bad. The other side is bad and mean. I don't like the President. I want you to say no to the President. I want to stop spending money on some things. I want to spend money on other things. I don't like the President's war. I think it is bad.”
“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.”
“I want this budget to pass. It has many things. It will spend money on elections. People agree with our election ideas. It will spend money on the military. The military needs money. I want my colleagues to pass this budget.”
“I don't like the other side's budget. They want to spend too much money. They want to spend on a war. They want to make it harder to vote. I want my colleagues to vote no on this budget.”
“I don't like this budget. But we need it. Our country is at war. People don't trust elections. We must spend more money on the military and on elections. I don't want to use this process. But the other side won't let us pass these things. So we have to use budget rules to pass them without the other side. I want our country to spend less. But not now.”
“I don't like what the other side said. They took health care from many people. They spent lots of money on a bad war. This bill does not help families. It spends more money we don't have. It helps the President fight a bad war. People are dying in the war. We should stop the war. I don't like the other side. I want people to vote against this bill.”
“I like the other guy. He's nice. I want this bill to pass. It spends money on the military and farmers. People should feel good about elections. Our country needs that.”