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Lawmaker criticizes Democrats' opposition to reconciliation bill, cites immigration and debt
Summary
A single lawmaker argued Democrats oppose the reconciliation bill because it includes the Save America Act, accused Democrats of large-scale immigration and said the American Rescue Plan raised debt by about $2 trillion; these are assertions made on the record and were not verified during the session.
A lawmaker speaking in the session said partisan politics—not concerns about an "anti weaponization fund" or fiscal prudence—explains Democratic opposition to a pending reconciliation bill and singled out the Save America Act as the reason for the pushback. "The reason that Democrats are opposed to this reconciliation bill is not because of an anti weaponization fund, and it's certainly not on the principle of fiscal prudence," the lawmaker said.
The speaker went on to make two numeric assertions and a partisan allegation: that the American Rescue Plan "increased our debt by almost $2,000,000,000,000 with 0 pay force," and that Democrats had "intentionally and deliberately flooding our country with over 10,000,000 illegal aliens." Both claims were presented as the lawmaker's assertions in the record and were not supported or verified in the transcript. The lawmaker also said the presence of the Save America Act in the measure explains the opposition from the other party.
No vote or formal action on the reconciliation bill is recorded in the provided transcript. The remarks in the session are on the record as allegations and policy claims by the speaker; independent verification of the numeric and factual assertions would be required to substantiate them.
