Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.), and Rep. Nick LaLota (R-N.Y.) to discuss how House Republicans are continuing their work to root out fraud and protect taxpayer dollars for hardworking American families. Leader Scalise also highlighted Democrats' record of voting against anti-fraud legislation and emphasized the importance of what's at stake this November.
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On Republicans making life more affordable for American families:
“This is a very busy and important week in the House. We have over 75 pieces of legislation that we're going to be moving out of the House. So there's a lot that we're doing. And frankly, we're going to continue working to make life more affordable for working families.
“And every step of the way, we've been having Democrat opposition. Democrats do not care about working families. They've proven it time and time again with their votes. And I think you're going to see that in the next 49 days when we go before voters and talk about the differences between us and them, who's actually fighting to make life more affordable for working families.
“And then you look at the socialist agenda of the Democrats, these communists, and what they want to do. They want to repeal the working families tax cut, which means they want to take money out of the pockets of working families, reverse the benefits of things like no tax on overtime that 30 million Americans benefited from. [Chairwoman] Lisa [McClain] talked about the 35 million seniors who have benefited from no tax on Social Security. You think about no tax on tips, almost 10 million Americans benefiting from that. Average income, by the way, of a tip worker is $32,000 a year.”
On Democrats voting against condemning fraud:
“Democrats want to take that money out of their pocket, send it to Washington to continue committing fraud. Yes, fraud. They have supported every measure to continue fraud in America when we've tried to root out fraud. In fact, this week we're bringing more bills to root out fraud in America, and we'll expect to see Democrats oppose it like they've opposed every other measure to stop fraud and the theft of taxpayer dollars. We all know about the learing centers. We all know about so much other waste, fraud, and abuse that we've been able to not only root out, but as we root it out, we've been able to give that money back to working families.
“Democrats want to reverse those gains. I want to tick off a few numbers because I think it's important. 97% of Democrats voted against supporting fraudulent payments before they go out the door. Just checking to make sure they're not fraudulent. Almost every Democrat said nope, let the money, your tax dollars, go out the door even if you know it's fraudulent.
“90% of Democrats voted against deporting illegals who commit fraud. So somebody comes here illegally, then they steal your taxpayer dollars. And we said, okay, shouldn't that be enough? If you steal the taxpayer dollars of hardworking Americans, you should be sent back to your country. Democrats said, nope, they should be able to stay in America and keep stealing money.
“90% of Democrats voted against that protection for taxpayers. Almost 90% voted against establishing an office dedicated to combating fraud throughout the federal government."
On Democrats embracing socialism:
“We had a bill on the floor just 2 weeks ago to say, shouldn't we just denounce socialism? We all know the ills of it all around the world, throughout America, throughout the world's history. You've seen how socialism has led to death, poverty, squalor. And yet almost every Democrat voted against that bill because they support socialism. They support communism. Now their party has been taken over. It's insane to see what's happened."
