Efforts to save U.S. taxpayers more than $13 billion by curbing wasteful spending failed after Senate Democrats rejected a resolution of no support from Sen. Eric Schmidt (R-Missouri). .
Sen. Schmidt said, “Today, Senate Democrats are calling out the Biden administration’s disastrous efforts to protect unelected officials from any kind of accountability and waste more taxpayer dollars on pet projects that have nothing to do with their original intent.” “We have chosen to continue our efforts to encourage these efforts,” he said in a press release. Wednesday’s Senate vote.
In addition to Sen. Schmidt, several others at Wednesday’s press conference included Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), and Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-Nebraska). Several Midwestern Republican senators were also present. He introduced a resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act for the misuse of coronavirus recovery funds by the U.S. Treasury.
“Biden, Senate Democrats, and the administrative state’s army of unelected bureaucrats are wreaking economic havoc on middle-class and working-class Americans, from high prices to runaway inflation and everything in between. My work on this is not done yet – stay tuned,” Schmidt vowed.
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Sen. Eric Schmidt (R-Missouri) spoke on the Senate floor, imploring his colleagues to vote in favor of his resolution to turn off the coronavirus spending faucet. (X/@SenEricSchmitt)
Sen. Schmidt said several years ago Congress passed a bill authorizing more than $300 billion to go out during the coronavirus emergency, which should expire at the end of this year in 2024. Ta.
“Inflation is high, the coronavirus is over, and it’s time to stop this reckless spending,” Schmidt said.
Schmidt then said the Senate would be asked a very simple question. Does the Senate want to reign in a “lawless” government and save taxpayers at least $13 billion?
“We got this far because of Joe Biden’s policies. That’s what got us here with our inflation and high interest rates. He blamed the US attack on US energy and borrowing and printing money. That got us here, and some of that is in question about Sen. Schmidt’s determination to start undoing it,” Sen. Marshall said at a press conference.
“Joe Biden used the coronavirus as an excuse to spend $1.9 trillion that we don’t have. That’s causing inflation and costing Americans more than $12,000 more each year. Now , Biden wants to break the law and extend the deadline for spending that money. I’m working with @SenEricSchmitt to stop him,” Sen Ricketts posted on X. I wrote it in
Sen. Marshall reiterated that interest rates will not come down unless Congress stops borrowing and spending.
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Sen. Eric Schmidt, along with other Republican senators, has filed a lawsuit against the CRA that aims to misuse the U.S. Treasury’s coronavirus recovery funds and redefine the original purpose of the Coronavirus State and Local Financial Recovery Fund (SLFRF). A resolution of disapproval was submitted based on the following. (AP/Drew Angerer)
“Guys, the pandemic is over. Thank God, the pandemic is over. It’s been four years already. “They built golf courses,” said Sen. Marshall. “That’s not what they’re spending on swimming pools and illegal immigration.”
“In any other time or place, this kind of waste and fraud would have been a scandal, but we hear very little of it from this administration,” said Sen. Schmidt.
The Biden administration has issued a policy statement stating that President Biden intends to veto the Congressional Review Act if it reaches his desk, saying the bill could lead to project cancellations and reduce oversight of projects already underway. He argued that it could lead to.
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“That’s a lie. I mean, we shouldn’t be surprised about that now. It’s just a lie. Basically, the obligations fulfilled by the end of 2024 according to current law will be fulfilled,” Schmidt countered.
“When this law was passed, all the governors…knew exactly what the rules were and were planning around the rules. So they said, ‘Oh, I don’t know what the rules are. If someone says, ‘No, it didn’t happen,’ that’s not true,” added Sen. Ricketts. “Everyone has known that since this bill was passed. And it’s simply false that somehow the project won’t be completed or there won’t be oversight, because all of this It should have been planned years in advance.” Make sure you mandate dollar payments in the right way, so what he’s saying is terrible. ”
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The resolution vote was rejected 46-49.
FOX News’ Brianna O’Neal contributed to this report.
