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“Democrats' Agenda (Executive Calendar)” mentioning Charles E. Schumer was published in the Senate section on pages S1603-S1604 on March 17.
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Democrats' Agenda
Madam President, on another matter, I also come to the floor to oppose what I see as a radical agenda of the Democrats in Congress.
It has not even been 2 months since the Democrats took over the Senate, and they have already rolled out one of the most leftwing agendas in American history. They have already spent $1.9 trillion--
trillion with a ``t''--$1.9 trillion of our tax dollars. Twenty-six Democrats have endorsed amnesty for illegal immigrants. Nearly every Democrat has endorsed giving statehood to Washington, DC, and now Senator Schumer has put gun control on the Senate's to-do list. Democrats have proposed a radical agenda that invades nearly every aspect of American life.
Yet the driving force behind this agenda is not the Senate. It is still the House. House Democrats have gone after our First Amendment right to freedom of religion. They have gone after our Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. They have gone after our right to work. When Democrats are in charge, none of our rights are safe.
Neither are our most cherished institutions. House Democrats have gone after our police, gone after our elections. They lecture Republicans about accepting the results of elections. Yet they are trying to overturn an election in Iowa.
Now, the lawyer the Democrats have put in charge of that case was just sanctioned in Federal court on ethics violations. Yet Speaker Pelosi has made it clear at her press conference on Friday that she supports the effort to overturn the election.
That is not all. Democrats aren't just trying to change one election. They are trying to change all of our elections. They have passed a bill to change just about every aspect of our elections forever.
A recent poll by Harvard shows that 71 percent of voters say they don't want future elections to be like they were in 2020. If Democrats get their way, every election will be a pandemic election.
To change our elections, Democrats still need 60 votes in the Senate. That is why over the weekend, Democrats' allies at the New York Times endorsed changing the rules of the Senate. The paper explicitly said that that was the reason. The paper attacked Members of this body--
Senator Manchin and Senator Sinema--who have had the courage to oppose changing the rules of the Senate. The editorial board said: ``This is a singular moment for American democracy, if Democrats are willing to seize it.''
It is dangerous. It is scary. Yet it is true. This is a singular moment. Once they rig the Senate, then they can rig our elections. Once they rig our elections, then there will be nothing to stop them. Then they can go after our religious freedoms. They can go after our rights to keep and bear arms. And they can spend as many of our hard-earned tax dollars as they want.
This certainly is a singular moment for our democracy. It is a moment for Senators on both sides of the aisle to stand up to this radical agenda.
I yield the floor.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Indiana.
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