House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Ranking Member Frank Lucas testified at a House Committee on Rules hearing in opposition to the Democrats’ reconciliation package, emphasizing partisan tactics, rushed policies, and trillions in spending that “is irresponsible at best, and a dereliction of duty in this time of growing federal debt and rising inflation:”
“The latest version of the bill includes massive changes from what the Science Committee reported in September, and additional changes from the version I was prepared to testify on last week.,” said the Oklahoma Republican congressman.
“The bill includes funding of new programs that weren’t considered by the Science Committee. And the draft drops important provisions adopted in committee, including a provision to prohibit the use of Chinese forced labor for energy projects. The bill also drops a bipartisan provision to ensure geographic diversity of research infrastructure funded in the bill.”
Rep. Lucas charged Democrats with resorting to partisan tactics and gimmicks to bulldoze opposition to the bill.
“There is no deadline that requires us to vote on this bill before it’s been read or scored. This is simply an attempt to ram this through before even more opposition rises to this flawed package,” said Lucas.