Fox News host Sean Hannity calls out House Republicans for the emergency funding bill released in an effort to prevent a government shutdown in his opening monologue Wednesday on “Hannity.” On Wednesday, the US national debt – a measure of where American taxpayers stood against the country’s creditors – had passed $36 trillion and showed no signs of slowing, with a projected deficit of $2 trillion by 2025.
SEAN HANNITY: Tonight, it appears that Donald Trump will face another Biden-era disaster when he takes office in January. This could involve a government shutdown.
Now, that continuing resolution that’s now in Congress, it’s a total, unmitigated disaster. It’s hard to fathom after this election that these elected officials think that government as usual—the swamp as usual—will continue. It’s not. This could fund the government until March, but at what cost? Raise the debt ceiling. At what price? Why should Donald Trump raise the debt ceiling if it’s Joe Biden’s problem?
This bill has more than 1,500 pages. It spends so lavishly on pet projects – let’s see, a new bridge in Baltimore, along with another $100 billion for vague disaster relief programs and another $10 billion in agricultural subsidies. The resolution is also expanded the federal bureaucracy, funding a new Office of Telecommunications Spectrum Management and a new National Advisory Committee on Blockchain Implementation.
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The spending bill also gives the state of Maryland a group of National Guard fighter jets. It also transfers ownership of RFK Stadium from the federal government to Washington, DC. Why are we giving them our stadium? In other words, you paid for it, an enormously valuable asset owned by American taxpayers. What, given to the far left residents of the DC swamp?
For some reason, this bill also makes imports of clothing and textiles from Haiti tax-free, but bans lithium batteries from other countries. Please explain that. The icing on the cake all this constant determination is a pay raise for members of Congress. That’s right. I think they worked a whopping 138 days, if my count is correct, a raise that few actually deserve. And for more than a decade, lawmakers have worked an average of about 140 days a year. That’s all they work for. It’s a part-time job.
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And unfortunately, their work is unacceptable overall. Our budget is out of control. The bureaucratic state is a nightmare. Executive power is rarely kept in check. As I said, it is time to return to the constitutional order.
