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Download official House Record PDFReturn to issue contextMr. LATIMER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. LATIMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express our collective national dismay over the President's big, beautiful ballroom.
gasoline, and utilities, President Trump dishes billions in payouts to Capitol rioters and no-bid contracts on vanity projects: fountains, reflecting pools, a triumphal arch, the Kennedy Center, and, most infamous of all, the White House ballroom, a monstrous homage to the age of Emperor Nero.
$1 billion for the benefit of one man.
I ask myself: How can Americans be expected to keep funding the
lifestyles when prices for necessities continue to climb?
Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the constituents of New York, we say: Enough.
the latest appropriation request. This is clearly the wrong priority at the wrong time.