[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 37 (Friday, February 26, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H736]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          PARTISAN PRIORITIES

  (Mr. KELLER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KELLER. Mr. Speaker, since the start of the pandemic, the Federal 
Government has taken historic steps to provide nearly $4 trillion in 
financial and public health assistance to the American people with one 
goal in mind: defeating the virus and getting our country back to 
normal.
  Unfortunately, President Biden and Washington Democrats' latest $1.9 
trillion stimulus package focuses more on fulfilling partisan 
priorities than combating COVID-19. Only 9 percent of their legislation 
goes to public health spending, while the other 91 percent can be tied 
to political items unrelated to the pandemic.
  How can any Member of Congress who calls this legislation COVID 
relief look their constituents in the eye and justify billions in 
wasteful spending to foreign governments, bailouts, and liberal pet 
projects?
  Rather than borrowing trillions of dollars to spend on liberal wish 
list items while more than $1 trillion in previously allocated COVID 
relief dollars remain unspent, Congress should work on a bill that 
provides temporary and targeted relief tied to COVID-19.
  Mr. Speaker, the latest stimulus package fails on each account, and 
for that reason, we should all be voting ``no'' on this measure.

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