were answered by an i.r.s. employee. what we need to be doing is holding the i.r.s. accountable, not sending tens of thousands of new i.r.s. agents and turning them loose on taxpayer accounts. earlier this week, i joined my republican colleagues on the senate finance committee to introduce legislation to prevent the i.r.s. from using its new funding to audit american workersor small business owners earning less than $400,000 per year. i introduced a bill this week, along with senator collins to improve taxpayer service at the i.r.s. our legislation called the increased reliable services now act would prevent -- until customer service at the i.r.s. has reached a more acceptable level. it is unacceptable -- unacceptable that taxpayers have a one in ten chance of receiving assistance when calling the i.r.s. and the agency should not be allowed to increase enforcement hires until it has achieved at least a basic level of customer service. so 87,000 new employees double -- double the size of the current irs workforce. $80 billion, six times the current annual budget of th

report that even i.r.s.estigator within the agency has failed to pay their taxes. they have been delinquent. so i'm asking that the i.r.s. i.g. audit their own employees with this latest inflation reduction act, as you just said, even though it doesn't du inflation, they are able to hire 87,000 new agents. but police their own house before they go after hard-working americans. and we have had a very favorable report come back from the i.r.s. stating that yes, they would do an audit of their employees. >> harris: how do we watch it to make sure it happens? >> we'll keep the pressure on them and it will go through the i.g. they will conduct the audit and determine what actions, if any, have been taken to correct that action. they'll note those deficiencies and report back to me and congress. so we'll keep an eye on them and keep the pressure up. >> harris: apparently the 80,000 existing employees will be walking around the mirrors first, the first investigation because of what you put into motion. let's talk a

the i.r.s. is now looking for 87,000 more people and as c.b.o. just confirmed, a lot of that is going to be going after hardworking families. families making under $400,000 a year, even though we were promised on this floor that wouldn't happen. we brought an amendment, by the way, to ensure that president biden's promise would be upheld. we brought an amendment that would say and ensure no american paying under $400,000 would see their taxes go up with these 87,000 new i.r.s. agents. the majority rejected that amendment and literally the day of the vote, the congressional budget office came out and confirmed it's over $20 billion in new taxes. that bill is going to cost families making less than $400,000. and those families are already struggling. they'd love to save up and buy a newhouse. they can't even afford to get to the grocery store to pay 13.5% more. if they try to get a mortgage today, they're going to be paying more than double for that mortgage than they were a year ago. at some poin

pulverizing the middle class and now you have the privilege of having 87,000 i.r.s. agents -- [booing] go after you. they have actually been approved. i never heard of this one. they got approved to carry guns so they can go after with guns. they don't want to have guns but

the deal behind this was the government could get more money if the i.r.s.ter able to crack down on all the tax cheats like billionaires and corporations, which makes sense. although another way to get more money in taxes is to make tax not like doing a formula to solve the time-space continuum. ( laughter ) that could make it easier. ( cheers and applause ) spend all weekend combining line 15c with 38b. i would have been an accountant if i had wanted to be an accountant! you have less of a chance of getting audit, which means you don't have to worry as much about paying your taxes. you know who it is, basically that g.o.p. is that kid who ran for class president in ninth grade on the platform of making homework illegal. and you're saying this doesn't seem responsible or possible, but, yeah, he has my vote, yeah, he has my vote. but, look, this bill has a good chance of happening because the republicans are expected to take control of the house for many reasons -- joe biden's unpopularity, the way congressional districts are drawn, people are hearing republi

i.r.s. agent after i.r.s. agent. f.b.i. agent after f.b.i. agent. say that as someone who worked in the u.s. attorney's office with great men and women in the f.b.i. who -- whose father was an i.r.s. agent my father worked for the internal revenue service as an auditor. i have no problem with how we try to set these things up to work. but hiring 85,000 new i.r.s. personnel on the back of what we knew happened, targeting certain individuals with the power of the i.r.s.? the f.b.i. targeting a father, targeting scott smith in loudoun county and saying you're a domestic terrorist? in coordination with the national school board association which now 26 states have, state school board associations have removed themselves from. that's what the american people need to understand. we're funding. that $10 billion. $10.8 billion for the f.b.i. $12.6 billion for the inch r.s. $1.5 billion for a.t.f. for public health. $8.5 billion for c.d.c. $6.3 billion for the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases. $45 billion for n.i.h. generally. $3.3 billi

we should not be funding the hiring of 87,000 new i.r.s. agents to go after regular hardworking americans. we should end the vaccine mandate and the covid china virus emergency and not fund an administration that wants to fire health care workers because they don't get a vaccine. all republicans should oppose this c.r. not give one more vote for one more cent for this tyrannical government that's hurting all americans. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia yields back. the gentlewoman from texas reserves. the gentlewoman from connecticut is recognized. ms. delauro: i yield one minute to the gentleman from rhode island, mr. cicilline. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from rhode island is recognized for one minute. mr. cicilline: i rise today in support of this continuing resolution. in addition to averting a disastrous government shutdown, it provides critical funding to continue our support for ukraine, support communities impacted by natural disasters, and help low-income families heat their homes this wi

it's not what people want in our district. 87,000 new i.r.s.have a school resources officer in every school in the united states and still have 30,000 officers to -- i don't know, take care of the border. >> bill: you came to this country with nothing. >> yes. >> bill: how did you make it work? >> it is hard work. our parents taught us at a very young age they can take your money, position in life but they can take away the knowledge in your head. that's why education was so important for us and why we're pushing education to make sure that it gets back to the basics of science, technology, engineering, arts and math. >> bill: one we're watching. interesting. pleasure meeting you. the republican candidate in virginia ten. that's northern part of the state. one we'll be watching and see how the debate goes coming up in five days. nice to see you today. >> thank you. >> republicans showed up with a very strong, compelling economic message. what do we have on our side? nothing. >> the markets are set to open after a brutal week on wall street. sto

that's a real threat to democracy just like the 87,000 i.r.s. agents that democrats voted to hire last month to harass hard working families and small businesses. those are the real threats to democracy, not what joe biden was lying about last night. >> trace: you said he didn't say anything about the student loan stuff. this is fascinating. our crew put it together. it is brilliant. the words that biden failed to mention last night and remember that he and the white house kept saying this is a policy speech, not a political speech. inflation zero, fentanyl zero, border zero, cartels zero, debt zero, prices zero, gas zero. abortion zero, overdoses zero. mortgage zero. this apparently was not a great policy speech. >> not a lot of policy in that speech, trace. and again to go back to the threats to democracy, many of the things you just cited that he didn't address like the fentanyl crisis or 100,000 americans dying every year from overdoses, more than 20 times we lost in the entire iraq war. the open border gets back to joe biden abdicating his

the i.r.s. to increase enforcement. the i.r.s. explained their new enforcement powers to corporations with this insstrucuctional video: ♪ bish better have my money ♪ ( laughter and applause ) >> stephen: now, no one-- not my money. ( cheers and applause ) no one was happier-- ( cheers and applause ) keep it straight. keep it straight. no one was happier to get the bill passed than senate majority leader and man using his super powers to warm his coffee... ( laughter ) chuck schumer. schumer gave a press conference following the vote, and he had this to say of the victory: >> as you know, it's been a long, tough, and winding road. >> stephen: ah, yes, the long, tough, and winding road. it's everyone's favorite beatles song, next to a "hard day's very difficult nighttime." ( laughter ) schumer praised the hard work of senate democrats: >> i just want to, again, thank the leadership, hard work, and persistence of all of my colleagues-- their teamwork, their spirited teamwork. their knowledge that w

has also referred this case for criminal prosecution to the southern district of new york and to the i.r.sp's lawyers said james, a democrat, running for reelection is solely focused on advancing her political agenda. in 2015, trump told me he was worth 9 billion but forbes pegged his net worth at around only 4 billion. >> duncan: robert costa on the case as usual, thank you. turning now to the economy, the federal reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by three quarters of a percentage point. the fed is trying to lower inflation without putting the economy into a recession. all three major indexes dropped 1.5% after jerome powell signaled more hikes are coming with inflation at a 40 year high, the cost of everything goes up from groceries, to rent to healthcare, and when it comes to food, those who can least afford it are actually getting hit the hardest. cbs's carter evans reports in tonight's "money watch." >> reporter: everybody's feeling it -- grocery prices nationwide up almost 14%. sheri thompson struggles to stretch her family's weekly $200 food budget. >> my grandson comes in

and i.r.s. bureaucrats and agents. armed bureaucrats and agents. yield to my friend from pennsylvania. mr. perry: so what my friend, my good friend from texas joins me in the freedom caucus, is alluding to is we're being asked to fund a government for a period of time in which the election will occur. so we're going to run out of money here in about nine days and we're being asked to fund a government and all the things that my good friend from texas has already outlined, all those atrocities, but not to the rest of the year. just until sometime in december, after the election, when people have lost their election and there's no accountability. and you know what they're going to do then, they're going to waltz in here and say, oh, we're running out of money again, we have to do it again. mr. roy: yep. mr. perry: but i don't have to stand for election so you think this one's bad, if you think all the things mr. roy has outlined that are in this one, more money for covid when there's no more pandemic. so says the president of the united states. if yo

they don't want to have guns but it is ok for the i.r.s. it is like an army. you imagine that was approved. they allowed that to get through. and all mitch mccome had to do was -- mcconnell had to do is wave the debt ceiling. manchin folded like a dog. i always said he would. i told you he would. he did. and west virginia was vote -- which voted for me. 45 points. i was up 45 points. west virginia is not happy with joe manchin because he killed cole and they put taxes on cole. clean, beautiful cole. he killed it. i can't imagine he is going to do well. i don't know what the hell got to him. under the trump administration we had the greatest economy in the history of the world with no inflation. biden and the democrat congress created the worst inflation in 50 years. 9.1%. it is going to go a lot higher and now they are making it worse with their imhailstorm plan to wipe out hundreds of billions of debt for college granlts. think of this. how unfair is it to all of those people, many of you are here, that paid and worked so hard. i saw they were doing a story a

so i get it, the i.r.s. may need additional funding to help to serve their -- the american people better, but do you know there's 14 times as much money in this bill spent on increasing audits on everyday americans rather than improving, than the money that's in for improving customer service there at the i.r.s. there's a c.b.o. analysis, the congressional budget office that we all rely upon, confirmed that those new agents will focus on extracting as many dollars as possible, doing audits on the middle class. and despite the president's claims, half of those audits will be on those making less than $400,000 a year. we could go on about this. if we have more time maybe we will. but i'm very pleased to be jo joined by congressman buddy carter of georgia who is a fellow member of the budget committee, passionate about the fiscal issue here's in our country. i've always appreciated his fervor about these issues. and i'm really pleased to count him as a friend. so mr. carter, please -- pleased to have you with u

attorney for the southern district and the i.r.s. >> bill: thank you, david lee miller in new york. >h control of congress hanging in the balance and some high-profile races are heating up as candidates go after key voting blocks, midterm election less than two weeks away. i'm dana perino. >> i'm bill hemmer. dana perino wearing our summer jackets. >> bill: female voters looking at important policy issues when picking candidates especially in north carolina where suburban women will likely be key to republicans keeping that open senate seat. kellyanne conway last night telling bret baier what has been motivating voters just about

attorney for the southern district and the i.r.s. >> bill: thank you, david lee miller in new york. >> dana: crime and abortion on the ballot with control of congress hanging in the balance and some high-profile races are heating up as candidates go after key voting blocks, midterm election less than two weeks away. i'm dana perino. >> i'm bill hemmer. dana perino wearing our summer jackets. >> bill: female voters looking at important policy issues when picking candidates especially in north carolina where suburban women will likely be key to republicans keeping that open senate seat. kellyanne conway last night telling bret baier what has been motivating voters just about everywhere kellyanne: at the grocery store, gas pump and your ability to pay the rent and feel your kids are being taught curriculum that comports with what they should be taught in school. >> dana: and of coerring the senate race, what it will take to win over the votes of suburban women, what do the ladies want, rich? >> good morning, dana and bill, polling his north carolina one of the closest in the country. bud

imagine what will happen with all the new i.r.s. agents. >> julie: i cannot imagine.e inflation reduction act. the president made law last month. many analysis prediction it will have little to no actual effect on inflation. then there is one democrat who said the quiet part out loud letting it slip what the measure is really about. not inflation. >> the inflation reduction act might be the name, but it is a huge environmental bill that includes a lot of things, tax credit necessary to make this kind of development. >> julie: i can't tell you how many times this happened to me. did i just say that out loud? >> the point is everybody knows it won't reduce inflation. particularly after the president goes ahead and unilaterally, unconstitutionally a lot of people say, spent at least a half trillion dollars on this student loan forgiveness, which is supposed to go something like that is supposed to go through congress. he didn't. he may not be able to get it done. it may be knocked down by the courts but that will wipe out any possibility of saving money on the deficit or

instead of helping the american family right now they said let's put 87,000 i.r.s.need to do. >> harris: something you said charles payne from fox business and i talked about the cost of breakfast and who is going out the door right now? the new schoolers for moms and dads, the new school year and now the price of getting them started with that important moment of the day, that meal, is sky high. it is rocking in some cases eggs so on and so forth 38% up from last year. >> school supplies. i sent my senior to high school. it is up $800 for the average family the notebooks and pens, the simple things they need. instead of helping our kids who were left behind because of the pandemic let's pay off tuition for kids who already graduated. families struggling now everything is costing them more and democrats are the reason why. >> harris: speaking of inflation the wall street editorial board declared inflation election. that's what we'll see in november. they write the darkest moments of inflation in four decades have occurred entirely on president biden's watch. largely

he voted to increase taxes on middle class families, voted to create 87,000 new i.r.s.ter hard working families in the hudson valley. he has championed cashless bail. he has been a total train wreck. we'll win on november 8th and the voters will send a shock wave across the country. >> bill: that would be if true. mike lawler, thank you for your time today. we'll remember this conversation. tough story here. suicides in america taking a devastating toll on those who served our country. the heartbreaking numbers among our nation's veterans are next. >> veterans take their life at twice the rate of non-veterans by suicide, by suicide. veterans die from overdose at a four times greater rate than non-veterans. four times. it's huge. appraisal or termite inspection. no upfront costs at all. let us get your family security of cash in the bank. do i want to drink this? absolutely. did i get shorted on my paycheck moments before vacation? i sure did. i'll just take a water. - [announcer] when employees do their own payroll they fix problems before they become problems. paycom,

we should not be funding the hiring of 87,000 new i.r.s.gents to go after regular hardworking americans. we should end the vaccine mandate and the covid china virus emergency and not fund an administration that wants to fire health care workers because they don't get a vaccine. all republicans should oppose this c.r. not give one more vote for one more cent for this tyrannical government that's hurting all americans. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia yields back. the gentlewoman from texas reserves. the gentlewoman from connecticut is recognized. ms. delauro: i yield one minute to the gentleman from rhode island, mr. cicilline. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from rhode island is recognized for one minute. mr. cicilline: i rise today in support of this continuing resolution. in addition to averting a disastrous government shutdown, it provides critical funding to continue our support for ukraine, support communities impacted by natural disasters, and help low-income families heat their homes this wint

it gives you options more control as we see with disinformation boards, i.r.s., f.b.i., d.o.j.enly the government is your campaign mechanism. >> harris: that's wild. it's always great to see you. >> thank you, ma'am. welcome back. >> harris: it was a good break with my girls and hubby. thank you for watching. "outnumbered" is next. for what you need. and by switching, you could even save $652. thank you, liberty mutual. now, contestants ready? go! why? why? only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty.♪ (vo) verizon small business days are back. and there's never been a better time to switch! with limited-time offers. like our best price on our best business unlimited plan. and a 5g phone, on us. at verizon small business days from the network america relies on. gas, groceries, everything's costing more. we could all use extra cash. if you're a veteran and own your home, you've earned a powerful benefit that can really help in uncertain times. it's your va home loan benefit. veterans can get more cash by borrowing up to 100% of their home's value, not just 8

where were those people when i issued a subpoena on the i.r.s. or the state department and then they destroyed the documents? where were those people? talk about mishandling information. they destroyed things and put things in shredders and yet there was nothing. just absolute silence. so they really don't have a leg to stand on. the hypocrisy is just very rich. >> harris: that was a word that popped into my head as you said it, hypocrisy. thank you very much, jason chaffetz. appreciate you. president won't help a nation under attack by drug cartels pushing fentanyl and illegal immigrants across our southern border but he is thirsty to try to go after votes of millions of people with a massive bail-out of debt. what the experts are saying the administration flat out got wrong with this plan. gas, groceries, everything's costing more. we could all use extra cash. if you're a veteran and own your home, you've earned a powerful benefit that can really help in uncertain times. it's your va home loan benefit. veterans can get more cash by borrowing up

republicans warned that burning through billions of dollars in order to expand the i.r.s. by 87,000 agents, advance green new deal initiatives, and deliver crushing tax hikes would only plunge our economy into deeper turmoil. worsening inflation and contributing to our ballooning national debt. yet speaker pelosi, senate leader schumer, april president biden steamrolled anyway. advancing their big government socialist agenda that cost the american people over one month's pay every year. yes, americans are now losing over a month's pay every year because of biden inflation. enough is enough. americans simply cannot afford the cost of one party democrat rule in washington any longer. we must prioritize financial security and fiscal responsibility over run away spending and reckless monetary policies in order to provide american workers, families, and small businesses the economic relief they desperately need. madam speaker, i rise today to highlight the raging crisis that continues to plague our southern border. since president biden stepped foot into the oval office, his fa

we remember that the i.r.s. singled out ordinary americans because of their political views. yet, no one was held accountable and now we're adding 87,000 new agents to that bureaucracy. we fear arbitrary changes in our election laws calculated to skew results. we fear an executive branch that's increasingly taking over the legislative powers of congress and the judicial powers of the courts. and we fear the powers of government wielded by officials who view half of our people as dangers, threats, and extremists. your words, mr. president. lincoln spoke at the mystic chords of memory tracing back to the founding of our nation that must hold us together as americans. as friends and not enemies. yet, we see these chords increasingly strained by an alien ideology that seems hostile to the flag, the principles and the heritage of our nation. we have only one president, mr. president, and that is you. i didn't vote for you and i won't vote for you again, but you're still my president. and the 74 million americans who voted for donald trump are still your fellow citizens. as a perso

but the government agency being impersonated has changed over time the i.r.s., s.s.a., f.b.i., and so on. the challenge is to propre-dict which agency's clothes the perpetrators' will try on next and create consumer education campaigns that are robust to these changes. throughout the pandemic, business impersonation scams grew exponentially. particularly retail company impostors. but it's romance scams that lead the pack in terms of personal financial costs. in a study i conducted with the f.t.c., we found that the median reported losses for consumers in their 70's and 80's were $10,000. quadruple the losses reported by young adults. we can also use reporting data to look at methods of money transfer. today, bank transfer and crypto currencies are the clear front runners in terms of losses. together these methods account for $1.5 billion in stolen funds, more than double the losses of all other payment methods combined. while this is a great deal of money, research indicates that fewer than 3% of consumers report to law enforcement. so the true losses are many magny tuesday greater. a

couple hundred billion dollars for i.r.s. agents, because i'm sure you hear across your district like i do, the one thing we need is more i.r.s. agents. and then we -- what is the other response? inflation increase act is to the student loan transfer fiasco. transferring debt from those who borrowed it to those who did not. today we'll add billions more to that $600 billion conservative estimate on what the cost is of the student loan transfer scheme. i urge all of my colleagues to oppose this bill and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia yields back. the gentlewoman from north carolina reserves. the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. scott: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, prior to yielding time i yield myself one minute to remind those on the other side of the aisle who have lectured this side of the aisle on fiscal responsibility that every democratic presidential administration since kennedy left office with a better deficit situation than they inherited. every one without excepti

voted against senator scott trying to prioritize the hiring of border patrol agents over those 87,000 i.r.ssay in the "new york times" article the democrats, including mark kelly's campaign, claim that they want to stay close to joe biden's issue agenda and base and not him. that's really odd because joe biden is spending trillions of dollars of money we don't have on things we don't need and mark kelly is right there with him. i think masters has a great shot at beating kelly. you'll see more outreach an ads. if you make this election and biden and kelly biden and fetterman, you don't let the democrats slink away from an unpopular president. in 2018 the mid-term for president trump couldn't keep up with the demand to appear on the stump with all these candidates. he actually gained seats in the senate, which was hard to do after they tried to ruin brett kavanaugh in those hearings. this is different. people aren't asking joe biden and kamala harris by and large, the president and vice president to campaign with them. not the case for trump and pence four years ago. >> bill: can they walk t

amidst a recession, spends more than $400 billion on woke green new deal programs, and hires 87,000 new i.r.s. agents to target the middle class. borrowing and spending more money won't ease the pain in our pocket books. the only solution is an end to one party control in washington. thank you, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek rk neck -- recognition? mr. thompson: request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to recognize straw brewery of st. mary's pennsylvania, celebrating 150 years of homemade brews. founded in 1872, founded by aer ifman immigrant, they have been brewing beverages independently for more than five generations. this represents the passion and dedication after single family who successfully managed, expanded, and protected a way of life the brewery represented. their history is one spanning generations start interesting immigrant

. >> if you are one of those 87,000 new i.r.s. agents, you are feeling pretty optimistic.ng pretty optimistic. the president has decided he will narrow in on the very base that helped get him elected, whether those be folks who favor bigger government or folks, college-educated white americans who are a big part of the president's base. and young people. he is going to -- it's his only hope at this point to help save the democratic party this election. the problem is that coalition is not big enough to save them from the defeats they'll face this november. >> julie: when deciding your vote for congress, in fact, the "wall street journal" did put out a poll. i want to throw it up real quick and have you react. when deciding your vote for congress the number one issue, the economy. that's what everybody is worried about, what everybody is concerned about and where democrats will get hit hard comes the mid-terms. my prediction. abortion, inflation, immigration down at 7%. when it comes to voting for your congressman or woman these are the issues that matter. if the president

congress has already appropriated the congress appropriated money to higher 187 -- hire 187,000 new i.r.s. agents and now we'll give money to the d.o.j. and f.t.c. where is it to stop? if you want to do something about big tech, this bill is no the vehicle -- is not the vehicle. it is to come after conservatives is not the way to go. i hope we can vote this down, mr. speaker. i urge, as i said before, i urge a no vote and reserve the balance of our time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. nadler: thank you, mr. speaker. i now yield two minutes to the gentlelady from california, ms. lofgren. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. lofgren: mr. speaker, i rise in opposition to this bill. and i do so reluctantly because title 1, raising the fees for enforcement, i'm for that. as a matter of fact, i'm a co-sponsor of that bill. and title 2, the foreign measure, i'm for that. but title 3 is going to create a problem. this has been advanced as if it's noncontroversial. that is not the case. it's complicated. let me

this means the i.r.s. will need to take an additional $60 billion from the middle class americans through increased audits to pay for this out-of-control spending. it shouldn't surprise anyone that we are already suffering the negative effects of this spending. democrats are basking in the sunshine of their political accomplishment despite the economic storm it brings for the american people. remember, democrats around just taking money out of your wallet, they are celebrating it. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. today i rise in support of my bill, h.r. 5916, the wounded warrior access act. when veterans file claims to the v.a., they are given what's called a c-file. my office has heard from countless numbers of veterans who have had

the i.r.s. mr. president, it may have an appealing name, but as the substance of the bill demonstrates, the so-called inflation reduction act is nothing more than the latest installment of democrats' big spending agenda. it will do nothing to address the real economic challenges facing americans and it will do nothing to address americans' priorities. what it will do is spend hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars on democrats' socialist, big -- big government fantasies and raise taxes to help pay for it. meanwhile, our inflation crisis and our border crisis and rising crime will continue. mr. president, i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. sanders: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i rise this morning to express my strong opposition to the so-called side deal that the fossil fuel industry is pushing to make it easier for them to pollute the environment and destroy our planet. but before i do, let me put my opposition to this disastrous side deal into