'Marxist Hypocrites': Eric Burlison Torches WEF 'Globalists', Pushes Bill To Cut US Funding

6/28/2024

During remarks on the Hosue floor Thursday, Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO) spoke about US funding for the World Economic Forum.

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00:00of House Report No. 118-559, offered by Mr. Burleson of Missouri.

00:07Pursuant to House Resolution 1316, the gentleman from Missouri, Mr. Burleson, and a member

00:14opposed, each will control five minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Missouri.

00:19Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise today in support of this amendment to prohibit funding for the

00:24World Economic Forum. You see, every year the World Economic Forum hosts its annual

00:29luxury conference in Davos, where CEOs, world leaders, and other globalists take their private

00:36jets to some ski town in Switzerland to discuss carbon emissions, which is ironic, erasing our

00:45borders of our nations, and other high-minded ideas like encouraging a transition to eating

00:52insects because the earth is, quote-unquote, running out of protein. The founder of the World

00:58Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab, says it provides a platform for high-powered leaders to, quote,

01:04shape global, regional, and industry agendas. All that really means is bigger governments,

01:12more taxes and spending, more surveillance of citizens, and more open borders.

01:18During the COVID-19 pandemic, Schwab was the guy pushing for the, quote, the great reset

01:25to reshape the world. And when Klaus Schwab says things like, you'll own nothing and you'll be

01:32happy, we should take his at his word. When globalist elites get together to talk about

01:38their plans for world domination, we should not ignore them. And we definitely should send them,

01:44we should not be sending them our U.S. taxpayer dollars to legitimize their efforts. Now, these

01:52Marxist hypocrites want to get together on their own dime, so be it. But since 2013,

01:58the State Department has funneled nearly $60 million, our taxpayer dollars, to the World

02:04Economic Forum. This amendment would simply prohibit the State Department from funneling

02:09any money from U.S. taxpayers to the World Economic Forum. No matter how much they talk

02:14about, quote, protecting liberal democracy, these people, the globalists, these people are the

02:21problem. If we're truly going to represent Americans, and if we're truly going to stand

02:26for our national sovereignty and the freedom to govern ourselves, then we need to stop legitimizing

02:32these globalists with our money. And I urge the adoption of this amendment, and I reserve the

02:37balance of my time. Gentlemen from Missouri Reserves, for what purpose does the gentlewoman

02:41from California seek recognition? Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition. The gentleman is

02:46recognized. I rise in strong opposition to this amendment, which would prohibit any funding to

02:52the World Economic Forum, which we don't fund. The reality is that no funds from this bill go

02:58to the World Economic Forum. And therefore, this amendment would establish another prohibition

03:04for no reason. This is the appropriations process, a process that historically focused on making

03:11things happen rather than making prohibitions on things that are not being done, just in case you

03:17all didn't know. I tell you, this is really quite amazing to me, that we could prohibit

03:25funding for something we don't fund. Now, since this is my last appropriations process,

03:31I cannot be more disheartened with what is happening to the essential work of this

03:36committee when we start funding or defunding what we don't fund. So I urge my colleagues

03:43to oppose this amendment. I reserve the balance of my time. The gentlewoman from California

03:47Reserves, the gentleman from Missouri is recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. She says

03:51that there's nothing in this that sends money, and yet since 2013, the State Department has funneled

03:57nearly 60 million U.S. dollars to the World Economic Forum's efforts. It can't be both.

04:05And even if it is the case, then this amendment shouldn't worry anyone. It's belt and suspenders.

04:13But at the end of the day, the American people don't need to be, when they're $34 trillion in

04:18debt to most individuals per taxpayer, that's over $250,000 per taxpayer that they owe as

04:27their share of the national debt. We should not be sending or taking out more debt to send to

04:33these globalists and fund their agenda. And I reserve the remainder of my time.

04:37Gentleman from Missouri Reserves, the gentleman from California is recognized.

04:42Well, Mr. Chairman, this is mind-boggling. So I guess, once again, we're doing something that

04:49does not make any sense in this process. But the other point I think I'd like to make in closing is

04:56that, once again, this is something that will be supposedly defunded, that we don't fund,

05:04that has to do with the world. It has to do with retreating from the world in terms of just

05:12the agenda of the Republicans. And so I urge a no vote, and I hope that members will look at how

05:19now they're manipulating and misrepresenting this process of the appropriations process,

05:26because when we start defunding what we don't fund, that's very disingenuous and it's misleading to

05:36the public. I urge a no vote and yield back. The gentleman from California yields back.

05:41The gentleman from Missouri is recognized. It is a fact that, since 2013, we have funneled

05:47nearly $60 million to the efforts of this globalist elite organization. I don't think

05:54that the taxpayers of the United States should foot the bill for their agenda, which I think is

06:00an un-American agenda, and I reserve the balance of my time. The gentleman has only one time

06:06remaining. I yield back. The gentleman from Missouri yields back. The question is on the

06:10amendment offered by the gentleman from Missouri. All those in favor say aye. All those opposed say

06:15no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it, and the amendment is agreed to.

06:28It is now in order to consider amendment number nine, printed in Part B of House Report 118-559.

06:38For what purpose does the gentleman from Tennessee seek recognition?

06:43Mr. Chair, I rise as the designee of the gentlewoman from Florida, and I guess she

06:50has an amendment at the desk. The clerk will designate the amendment. Amendment number nine,

06:54printed in Part B of House Report 118-559, offered by Mr. Burchett of Tennessee.

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