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Congresswoman Kat Cammack Issues Statement On "Hell No" Vote Against H.R. 5376, The "Build Back Better Act"

November 19, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Kat Cammack issued the following statement about her "hell no" vote against H.R. 5376, the "Build Back Better Act:"

"Since this bill's inception, and throughout its many changes, iterations, versions, and revisions, I've maintained that this bill is a heaping pile of garbage," said Rep. Cammack. "It's an American dream killer, sells future generations down the river, and utterly changes the moral fabric of our nation for the worse. From the very beginning, we've known that this bill would cost the American people trillions of dollars, yet even without a CBO score, congressional Democrats wanted to forge ahead with a vote on this disastrous piece of legislation, ignoring the dangerous implications it will have on already-soaring inflation and our economy.

"To say I'm disappointed is an understatement. This bill is full of radical, liberal wish list priorities, including amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants, 87,000 new IRS agents to target the working-class Americans, higher taxes for the American middle class, regulations that will crush American businesses, and the list goes on.

"One thing I can say with extreme certainty: the House's passage of this dumpster fire of a bill just solidified an overwhelming Republican majority in 2022. Now we sit back and wait for the record number of retirements by House Democrats; they know they won't survive this, but they voted for it anyway. Shame on them."

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