[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 164 (Wednesday, September 22, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H4878]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                OPPOSING $3.5 TRILLION SPENDING PACKAGE

  (Mr. PFLUGER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PFLUGER. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the Democrats' $3.5 
trillion spending spree that favors green special interests over 
American wages and livelihoods.
  This legislative package is pushing amnesty, adds trillions to our 
already historic levels of debt, expands the welfare state to 
disincentivize work, and enacts Green New Deal policies that will drive 
up utility bills for Americans across the Nation and destroy our 
American energy industry.
  Additionally, the crippling tax hikes could cost up to 4 million jobs 
nationwide, with the middle class and our Main Street businesses 
burdening much of the cost.
  One proposal pushed by Democrats, the elimination of the stepped-up-
basis, effectively creates a new, second death tax that would 
eviscerate over 1 million jobs and hurt farmers and ranchers across the 
country.
  While some of these proposals may not currently be in the House bill, 
we must remain vigilant until Senate Democrats and the administration 
take these harmful policies off the table entirely.
  Folks in my district, and I believe most Americans, do not want a 
top-down, one-size-fits-all, job-killing agenda that will completely 
reshape our society.
  Everyday working-class Americans are hurting, not the rich. I will 
oppose any measure that results in higher taxes, lower wages, higher 
prices, more government control, and less economic growth.

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