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Floor Speech

Date: April 19, 2023
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. SCOTT of Florida. I call up my amendment No. 81 and ask that it be reported by number.

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Mr. SCOTT of Florida. Madam President, we must do more to support firefighters, which--I support this bill. However, as we all know, we are in a very tough financial situation. Families are struggling. We are over $31 trillion in debt.

I have a very simple amendment. It would transfer all remaining unobligated State and local COVID funds to offset a portion of the cost of the Fire Grants and Safety Act.

I urge all my colleagues to support this amendment.

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Mr. SCOTT of Florida. Madam President, I appreciate what my colleague has said. Let's remember that President Biden declared the COVID emergency over. These are unobligated dollars. We do have $31.5 trillion in debt. I think the right thing to do is pass this bill with this amendment to support our firefighters.

I urge my colleagues to all vote for this amendment. Vote on Amendment No. 81

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