[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 180 (Wednesday, November 1, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H5224]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   SPEAKER JOHNSON'S POLICY APPROACH

  (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, surely the new Speaker cannot remain 
committed to his macabre choice of providing military assistance to 
Israel while denying it to Ukraine, which is fighting against Putin's 
invasion in the largest land war in Europe since the Second World War, 
or Taiwan, whose people are fighting so valiantly to oppose Communist 
Chinese encroachment on their sovereignty.
  While posing for photos, the Speaker claimed he cannot identify 
adequate funds, so he wants to raid the Internal Revenue Service of 
sophisticated accountants who hold billionaires and corporate tax 
cheats accountable for not paying their fair share of taxes, including 
illicit criminal groups funding terrorists.
  These cuts will decrease revenue--are you ready?--$26.7 billion. You 
heard me right.
  Extremist Republicans kneel before the thrones of Wall Street scions 
while blocking military assistance to valiant nations and people 
fighting for liberty against evil empires that hate liberty, like Xi's 
China and Putin's Russia.
  Mr. Speaker, that is what I call warped thinking. The Speaker should 
go back to the drawing board.
  Liberty and justice first and always.

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