[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 201 (Friday, December 23, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H10061]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         RECKLESS AND BLOATED SPENDING BILL WILL COST AMERICANS

  (Mr. BURCHETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BURCHETT. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to H.R. 2617.
  Democrats are railroading this $1.7 trillion bill full of garbage 
without any regard for what it is costing Americans.
  The truth is our constant flood of reckless, bloated spending bills 
has blown inflation rates right through the roof, and Americans are 
going to pay the price.
  What are we spending Americans' hard-earned money on you ask, Mr. 
Speaker?
  Well, I will tell you a little bit of it, Mr. Speaker. Over $45 
billion for Ukraine, when Europe should be carrying the burden of these 
costs. That is $100 billion total. And don't forget the Democrats 
blocked any efforts we had to audit this money so we knew exactly where 
the money was going. That works out to about $200 million per 
congressional district, Mr. Speaker. I wonder what we could have spent 
that on back in east Tennessee.
  Mr. Speaker, $1.2 million is going for LGBT pride centers in San 
Diego. That is a whole heck of a lot of pride.
  Mr. Speaker, $3 million is for an LGBT museum in New York City; 
nearly half a million dollars is for an equity institute in Rhode 
Island; $545 million is for international family planning and 
reproductive health--including in areas where population growth would 
dare to threaten biodiversity or endangered species.
  Over $400 million is for Middle Eastern countries to protect their 
borders, Mr. Speaker, when we don't even protect our own dadgum 
borders.
  Mr. Speaker, we only have ourselves to blame, and I hope you have a 
merry Christmas.

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