'The American People Rejected This Radical Agenda!': Arrington Fires Back At Attacks On Rescissions

In House floor remarks on Thursday, Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-TX) spoke about the rescissions bill.

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00:00Mr. Speaker, the era of woke and wasteful spending in the people's government is over.

00:08And it's sad to watch this last-ditch effort by my Democrat colleagues to fight for status quo.

00:15And the status quo is a cesspool of these programs, these leftist ideological programs,

00:22that they would say is soft power for America's interest or that they would say is life-saving services.

00:33Mr. Speaker, the American people rejected this radical agenda.

00:38They rejected the failed policies of my Democrat colleagues and their unbridled spending that's bankrupting this country.

00:45They sent President Trump here with a mandate and unified Republican leadership to restore competent leadership,

00:52common-sense policies, and a commitment to America first.

00:55There is nothing common-sense or America first about transgender comic books in Peru

01:03and all the other woke and wasteful programs that these folks are fighting to defend.

01:11Mr. Speaker, I'm thankful we have a president that has heard from the people

01:17and is hell-bent on right-sizing this bureaucracy, reigning in this waste,

01:24restoring fiscal sanity here in Washington, D.C., not only for the taxpayers of today,

01:31but for the future, for prosperity, for freedom, for our children.

01:38And this is why my colleagues are going to wander in the wilderness for years to come.

01:44And while that might benefit us politically, it's sad for my country,

01:49and I'm sad as an American to see the defense of this crazy, divisive, and dangerous ideological programs

02:01that my taxpayers in West Texas are spending their hard-earned money for.

02:05I encourage, I urge my colleagues on both sides to support this rescissions package.

02:11The gentleman's time has expired.

02:13The gentlelady from North Carolina reserves.