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General Leave

Floor Speech

Date: Feb. 26, 2021
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Government Operations Health and Health Care

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Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition of the reconciliation package we have before us today. My colleagues and I have been saying it for weeks, but I will say it again. This package is simply the wrong plan at the wrong time for the wrong reasons.

It is the wrong plan because it will incentivize lockdowns that have harmed our workers and our children for way too long.

It is the wrong time because our economy is improving, and we have yet to spend a trillion dollars of the previously approved funding. In fact, just this week it was reported that jobless claims dropped dramatically.

Lastly, and worst of all, it is being pushed by colleagues across the aisle for the wrong reasons. Less than 9 percent of this $2 trillion goes to combat COVID-19.

Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to consider these implications.

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