[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 17, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1603-S1604]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                           Democrats' Agenda

  Madam President, on another matter, I also come to the floor to 
oppose what I see as a radical agenda of the Democrats in Congress.
  It has not even been 2 months since the Democrats took over the 
Senate, and they have already rolled out one of the most leftwing 
agendas in American history. They have already spent $1.9 trillion--
trillion with a ``t''--$1.9 trillion of our tax dollars. Twenty-six 
Democrats have endorsed amnesty for illegal immigrants. Nearly every 
Democrat has endorsed giving statehood to Washington, DC, and now 
Senator Schumer has put gun control on the Senate's to-do list. 
Democrats have proposed a radical agenda that invades nearly every 
aspect of American life.
  Yet the driving force behind this agenda is not the Senate. It is 
still the House. House Democrats have gone after our First Amendment 
right to freedom of religion. They have gone after our Second Amendment 
right to keep and bear arms. They have gone after our right to work. 
When Democrats are in charge, none of our rights are safe.
  Neither are our most cherished institutions. House Democrats have 
gone after our police, gone after our elections. They lecture 
Republicans about accepting the results of elections. Yet they are 
trying to overturn an election in Iowa.
  Now, the lawyer the Democrats have put in charge of that case was 
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sanctioned in Federal court on ethics violations. Yet Speaker Pelosi 
has made it clear at her press conference on Friday that she supports 
the effort to overturn the election.
  That is not all. Democrats aren't just trying to change one election. 
They are trying to change all of our elections. They have passed a bill 
to change just about every aspect of our elections forever.
  A recent poll by Harvard shows that 71 percent of voters say they 
don't want future elections to be like they were in 2020. If Democrats 
get their way, every election will be a pandemic election.
  To change our elections, Democrats still need 60 votes in the Senate. 
That is why over the weekend, Democrats' allies at the New York Times 
endorsed changing the rules of the Senate. The paper explicitly said 
that that was the reason. The paper attacked Members of this body--
Senator Manchin and Senator Sinema--who have had the courage to oppose 
changing the rules of the Senate. The editorial board said: ``This is a 
singular moment for American democracy, if Democrats are willing to 
seize it.''
  It is dangerous. It is scary. Yet it is true. This is a singular 
moment. Once they rig the Senate, then they can rig our elections. Once 
they rig our elections, then there will be nothing to stop them. Then 
they can go after our religious freedoms. They can go after our rights 
to keep and bear arms. And they can spend as many of our hard-earned 
tax dollars as they want.

  This certainly is a singular moment for our democracy. It is a moment 
for Senators on both sides of the aisle to stand up to this radical 
agenda.
  I yield the floor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Indiana.