Rep. Barry Moore opposes dangerous reconciliation bill

Washington, D.C. — Rep. Barry Moore (AL-02) issued the following statement after voting against the Democrats’ massive multi-trillion dollar reconciliation bill. 

“The most serious threat to our representative democracy is the betrayal of the values that empowered us to become the freest, most prosperous nation in the history of the free world. The dangerous bill advanced by House Democrats today would bring our nation alarmingly closer to the repressive socialist utopia envisioned by power hungry globalists who abhor American exceptionalism and the rights of all individuals. This transformative legislation seeks to elevate government to the all-powerful role of provider of our livelihoods and our liberties, not the protector of our God-given rights that our brilliant Founders created. This battle now goes to the Senate, and I pray that freedom and reason prevail."

The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget estimates that the gross cost of the legislation will total roughly $2.4 trillion as written, but the gross cost will more than double to $4.9 trillion if all temporary policies are extended. The left-leaning Tax Policy Center found that Biden and Pelosi's Far-Left Socialist spending spree would raise taxes on middle-class Americans by 30%.

Among its most troubling provisions, this reconciliation bill:

• Provides the IRS nearly $80 BILLION, giving the agency the broad authority to target families, farmers, and small businesses.
• Grants mass amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants despite the recent decision by the Senate Parliamentarian that this violates reconciliation rules.
• Does not include the Hyde Amendment, allowing taxpayer dollars to be used to fund on demand abortions. 
• Perpetuates labor shortages by eliminating work requirements to receive welfare benefits for able bodied adults - at a time when there are over 10.4 million job openings. 
• Expands Obamacare subsidies through 2025, overwhelmingly benefiting wealthier Americans and subsidizing people who already have insurance. 
• Unnecessarily expands Medicare benefits at a time when the program is going broke, ultimately harming choices for our seniors. 
• Includes Civilian Climate Corps that would employ thousands of young people to work on climate-change mitigation projects. 
• Provides fake news organizations with up to 750 employees to get a tax cut at a time when their readership has declined due to their liberal bias.
• Over $400 billion in small business tax hikes, which will be shouldered by Main Street job creators.
• This bill impedes and bans domestic energy and mineral production, increasing our dependencies on resources supplied by OPEC, Russia, and China.
• Raises taxes on natural gas, raising the costs of nearly everything. 
• $800 billion in corporate tax increases
• Turns the Child Tax Credit (CTC) into a permanent cash for kids welfare without work program.