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Bruce Westerman Rails Against Dems For Using ‘Scare Tactics’ To Discuss Proposed Legislation
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5/12/2025
During a debate on the House floor on Thursday, Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-AR) discussed Democrats' rhetoric regarding proposed legislation.
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recognized. Mr. Speaker, a lot of accusations have been made about serious legislation,
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about working, about the things that have happened since this new administration has
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come into office. But I would like to recap some of the things that have happened since
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this new administration has come into office. Number one, they spent a lot of time reversing
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a lot of bad executive orders that the previous administration put in place,
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executive orders that did put America last. Now we have an administration that's working every day
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to put America first. We've also seen Congress take many actions on congressional review acts
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to undo bad rules that the previous administration put in place. And don't believe the accusation that
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Republicans aren't working. We have 11 committees that have reconciliation instructions, and eight
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of those committees have marked up those instructions already. Instructions on a big, beautiful bill to put
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America first and to create national security, to use our resources at home to allow people in America
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to have a job and a career where they can raise families and grow communities. We're working on
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policies where to avoid a four to five trillion dollar tax increase on every American.
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There's a lot of work taking place. And I'm afraid, or I'm not really afraid, I believe my friends across
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the aisle are concerned about a piece of legislation that's going to make a huge difference. A piece of
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legislation that's going to reverse the destructive policies that their party has put in place over
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many years. A piece of legislation that's going to focus on getting our fiscal house in order,
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on letting Americans keep more of their hard-earned income, on letting us develop our resources here
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at home to become less dependent on China, less dependent on Middle Eastern oil, and all those things
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that over the years have been eroded away from our American economy and from Americans. So if they want
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to complain about renaming the Gulf, the Gulf of America, they can complain about that all day. But it gives
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them something to do other than to talk to Americans about the real policies that Republicans are looking at
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putting in place, rather than making up scare tactics, which is their normal playbook, to take anything that
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happens and say, oh, they're going to cut Social Security, they're going to cut Medicare. You can't even touch Social
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Security and Budget Reconciliation. They know that. They know that can't happen in budget
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reconciliation, yet they still put those scare tactics out. They talk about what bills are going
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to do before bill text has been released. It's because they're on the defensive to protect the big
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government that Democrats have created over time, while Republicans want to put government back closer to
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the people, take power out of Washington, D.C., and truly put America first. I reserve the balance of my time.
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The gentleman from Arkansas Reserves, the gentleman from California is recognized.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I yield two minutes from the gentlelady to the gentlelady from Oregon. I'm Dr. Dexter.
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