United States-Mexico Economic Partnership Act

Floor Speech

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Mr. ARRINGTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this legislation to provide relief to our fellow Americans, accelerate our Nation's economic recovery, and ensure our great Nation comes back better, stronger, and healthier than ever.

I don't want to belabor my deep concerns with the process except to say, Mr. Speaker, that it is fundamentally broken and that it was unnecessarily prolonged for purely political reasons. The American people waited, and waited for months. They deserve better, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, I thank my dear friend, fellow Texan and ranking member, Kay Granger; our leader, Kevin McCarthy; Kevin Brady; and many others who helped finalize this agreement.

It is far from perfect. I haven't met perfect legislation since coming to Washington. But it does a good job of supporting our struggling families, small businesses, healthcare professionals, teachers, and other frontline workers at a time when many desperately need it, and all of this at a fraction of Speaker Pelosi's $3.3 trillion bailout bonanza, which included cash for illegals, legalizing marijuana, and a host of other unnecessary and irresponsible provisions.

Mr. Speaker, it is no small feat to keep our annual spending below the budget cap, and I commend my colleagues, including Chairwoman Lowey, for that.

To do that and prevail in protecting troops and including their pay raise, funding for the border wall, preserving the sacred protections for our unborn, I have got to tell you, that is pretty darn good.

It is hard for me to stand for some of this stuff in this bill, this omnibus. But on balance, it is good for the country, and I am standing with Chairwoman Lowey, and I am standing with my fellow Texan, Kay Granger.

God bless America.

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