[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 120 (Wednesday, July 20, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H6889]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           SOCIALIST SPENDING

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Tennessee (Mr. Rose) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. ROSE. Madam Speaker, on many different occasions I have come to 
this Chamber to point out exactly how we arrived at this moment where 
we are experiencing record-breaking inflation. Each time, congressional 
Democrats' desire to recklessly spend trillions of taxpayer dollars 
continues to be the answer.
  Here I am again, as the House prepares to vote on yet another 
spending bill costing hundreds of billions of dollars filled with 
socialist wish list items that increases Federal spending by double-
digit and triple-digit percentage increases in some cases.
  I, of course, will vote ``no,'' not only because it increases the 
size of our government by increasing spending on non-defense programs 
by 14 percent, but because it also fails to include the Hyde amendment, 
which is a longstanding bipartisan agreement that protects taxpayer 
dollars for being used to fund abortions.
  Overall, the bill would increase the budget for the Environmental 
Protection Agency by 20 percent, increase the budget for general 
government activities by 17 percent, and include a 10 percent increase 
for the Food and Drug Administration--the very same department that 
botched the baby formula shortage.
  This funding bill rewards bad behavior by giving funding increases to 
departments that have failed the American people. It encourages illegal 
immigration. It discourages increasing our domestic energy output by 
restricting offshore oil and gas activities, and it fails to fund our 
national defense priorities like the sea-launched nuclear cruise 
missile.
  It has been almost 2 years of complete Democratic control of 
government. Instead of addressing the root causes of the crisis 
Democrats created, this bill doubles down on their failed socialist 
agenda. Tennesseans are fed up with the out-of-control spending here in 
Washington. Americans all across the country are fed up with it, too.

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