Source: United States Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a Senate Budget Committee member and the Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, delivered remarks at a Senate Republican press conference today, where he denounced Democrats’ proposed spending plan and announced he will vote to begin debate on the bipartisan infrastructure package being crafted in the Senate. Excerpts and video of his full comments are below.
On the Democrats’ Spending Plan:
“A few months ago, the question of the week form the Capitol press corps to several of us was, ‘Are you at all concerned that the message of inflation wasn’t getting through?’ … I said, ‘No.’ I am not at all concerned because of course the day will come when you won’t have to explain it to anybody. They’ll know it when they fill their gas tank, when they go to the grocery store, when they buy lumber, when they go to purchase their new dream home that suddenly is priced out of their league. That is exactly what is happening right now. You cannot pour water on someone’s head and tell them it’s raining. [The American people] know better. They know not only the effects of Biden and the Democrats’ reckless spending that has created this inflation, they know they’ve been lied to about it and continue to be lied to about it.”
“The American people want less partisanship. They want more responsible governing. They want us to stay within our means like they have to. Our means continue to go up and we print more money. Their means continue to stay flat while the cost of everything gets higher.”
On the Bipartisan Infrastructure Package:
“I am comfortable, at this point, voting yes on the motion to proceed to the measure because I think we need to continue the debate on it and look at opportunities to amend it if it needs amending. … While I can’t say I am going to vote for final passage yet, at this point I think the motion to proceed is appropriate.”