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DeLauro uses her opening statement to tear Russ Vought a new one

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I admire her restraint. Clearly, and justifiably on the verge of going fully apoplectic, she is able to state what everyone in Congress should be SCREAMING, at the top of their lungs, every f'n day, a thousand times a day. Bravo.👏👏👏

[his]vision [] is a radical reinterpretation of executive power. [] the notion of independent agencies within the executive branch is anathema to the Constitution. [], if implemented, would bring traditionally independent entities like the Justice Department more directly under presidential control.

I'm so sick of the whiners arguing Democrats are doing nothing. I'm sure 2/3rds of them are trolls. But, will the rest of you put your shoulders to the wheel and shut the fuck up?

I’ve never seen so much skill in calling someone a bald-faced liar. I’m over here taking notes. I know we joke about “a master class in…” but DeLauro really took all of us to school on how to take someone down like a judo master.

This alleged “administration” is chock full of incompetent clowns who would be fired at any private sector job. They know it but because they were hired by a total buffoon they think they get to ignore the law. This country has become a joke.

Rosa DeLauro is on fire! I'm so pleased she is my congresswoman. She is approachable, sends frequent news letters to her constituents,answers letters and emails, does group phone question and answer sessions, and is everywhere at once it seems. She is the consummate representative for her people.

Vought is behind it, one of the authors. Project 2025 unabashedly promotes the wholesale violation of norms and laws, consolidating enormous power in a president and trampling on Congress’ constitutional role—to take away Americans’ long-cherished freedoms and opportunities.

“We have constitutional concerns” Your concerns have been brought up and addressed by Congress and the Supreme Court. Just because you don’t like the answer doesn’t mean you can ignore it.

Vought is not doing the job but blocking the dissemination of funds already appropriated for specific projects. Instead he’s implementing project 2025.

I hope he hangs for it. I hope they all do. Such pretty little necks to be broken. MAGA are terrorists. They are the evil they claim others to be. They will die for it. Good riddance once they do 🤭

That is great. What you may want to do is take the transcript you graciously took the time to type, copy and paste to add as an ALT text tag in a second posting. Maybe not everyone will need it, but, it allows for people to cut and paste her words elsewhere Thanks for what you already did.

Okay. I thought you typed it. So that is why I asked if you still had the typed text and if you could add that as ALT text to an image But, it is tricky. I would need to retype it to do it on my end.

Great job! It’s helpful to see. This is exactly what they want to do! GOP has been trying to privatize SS for years -the truth is NO company could handle it. They think they can Vought has zero respect for govt employees because they were mean boo hoo to him 1st term so now he is bully

since reagan's inaugural address in 1981: "...government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem" republicans have worked tirelessly to sabotage the govt in order to make their beliefs, reality

Yes! This is exactly what they ! Privatization of the government! Boo! So they can control it like a corp, where the top gets everything and the rest of us are fucked!

Sleep well, Russ. Not that it was a surprise to anyone, but your family's name is Mudd. Arnold. McVeigh. You have children? Now their daddy's intentions are forever shared and they'll live their lives trying to escape the dirty rug under which you threw them. Well done. The pathetic cause will lose.

Vought is a proud alum of that evangelical bastion Wheaton. They apparently taught him values that allow him to traumatize civil servants—30% of whom are Veterans—and steal money from the American people. Well done Wheaton!!!

It's all done by a petty little man they keep bloated on his fantasies of revenge and retribution on truth and reshaping the world to fit his fantasies. That's how they control the government.

He should be hung, shot, or whatever death penalty he wants. We can give him the choice, unlike him, giving us the choice of being forced to have his hateful Project 2025 forced upon us.

Indeed. America has been owned by corporations in earnest since the 1950’s. We’re now at the bust out stage like in Goodfellas where they’re robbing with both hands before they burn it all down for the insurance money.

Vought is not a serious person: Vought says the admin is looking for pgms that are "fundamentally wasteful or divisive." He cites "preschool grants for CRT indoctrination for 4-year-olds in Minnesota."

less speeches, more action. In fact, if there had been more action holding criminal MAGA insurrection leaders accountable and we wouldn't have needed to hear this speech at all.

I think they at the top prefer we hunt them in the dark corners of the streets where the real patriots will save America. This country is under attack by the billionaires. Then the billionaires are who we should be eliminating. People we are a sitting looking at the phone while they kill us wake up

When a political party touts for decades that government doesn't work & sets out over those decades to prove govt doesn't work by undermining good governance at every opportunity, we wind up with our current kakistocracy. Endless tax breaks for the insanely wealthy, erosion of services for citizens.

The only reason Vought is sitting in front of her trying to destroy our government is because Democrats completely failed in their responsibility to protect democracy from MAGA insurrection leaders, despite holding the White House, Senate and House immediately after the mob tried to hang them.

MAGA Republicans are organized crime on the largest scale in world history. They are far more corrupt and immoral in every way than any mafia family has ever been.

I would say more corrupt. Mafia families broke laws for their own personal gain, but at least they knew they were not above the law and so always tried to conceal their crimes. All Republicans are now convinced they are above the law and so they break it brazenly, out in the open for all to see.

She is absolutely correct. They want all these billionaires and oligarchs to take over all government agencies. That way they cannot only OPRESS and exploit THIER employees but they will then be able to EXPLOIT AND OPPRESS EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN CITIZEN while INCREASING their obscene wealth.

Hey! She said all the stuff I've been screaming for the past few months. Why aren't we doing anything in DC about it? File charges. You guys own the evidence. We know that at least half of the republicans are taking bribes. Look a Noem's face, that's some proof.

.. It's one of the Grifts Stinky used when he Put 2 Casinos etc into Bankruptcy's ... Screw everything up .. Take a Huge Paycheck and "Bonuses" as the "Director" .. Sell/Steal everything you can .. Default on the Loan and walk away with all the Cash .. TACO even bragged about it ...

.. So many scams .. and this is yet another one .. Close down everything you can Schools , FEMA , Food Programs etc etc and Funnel the $$$$ to the Filthy Rich (Donor) Class .. They don't even need the $$$$ the CREULITY is the GOAL .

Yes, proves him right. Bernie is not abandoning our cause despite not enough people not listening & the situation more dangerous every day. I would vote for him today if I could. I trust him to choose a VP with his values, ethics and brilliance to carry on if he could not.

Well said. Privatization is Vought's hidden agenda. Transferring government agency power & money to oligarchs & corporations. It's a way of allowing oligarchs & corporations to feed at trough of taxpayer dollars. No thanks. Civil servants were doing a fine job before Trump & his goons came along.

That is an example of exactly what we elect representatives and senators to do- represent us, work for us, ensure that promises made are promises kept (not referring to Trump but to the use of funds allocated for programs which help so many). She is not afraid to speak out and confront these lies!