Providing for Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026

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Mr. SUBRAMANYAM. Mr. Speaker, I thank the ranking member for yielding me time.

Mr. Speaker, do you know what people hate more than seeing their costs go up? It is seeing their costs go up while corrupt politicians line their pockets with taxpayers' money. That is what they really hate, yet that is what this bill does.

Republican Senators slipped into this bill a legal pathway for them to personally receive millions of dollars of taxpayers' money for being investigated after January 6. My colleagues on the other side talk about fiscal responsibility and say that there is no money for healthcare, but somehow there is taxpayer money for Republican Senators. This an ethics violation. This is a breach of trust, and it calls into question the very legitimacy of this institution.

Mr. Speaker, I put forward an amendment to reject this corruption, but committee Republicans voted it down last night. They said that they knew that it was corrupt but that there was nothing that could be done and that the system didn't work.

Republicans are the system, and House Republicans promised a vote on this next week as a standalone bill. There is no guarantee that the Senate will act. In fact, they probably won't act. The majority has the power to join us in righting this wrong today. Let's take out this ridiculous kickback. Otherwise, a vote for this bill is a vote for corruption.

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