'How Out Of Touch Are You?': Melanie Stansbury Sounds Off On House GOP Over Appliance Bills

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During debate on the House floor, Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) tore into House Republicans and voiced her opposition to a package of bills regarding commercial appliance standards.

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00:00The gentlelady is recognized for three minutes. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think

00:05insanity is a good word for what's happening here on the House floor today.

00:10Another good word is bizarre. You know, when I go home and I tell my

00:15constituents what happens in these halls, they're amazed. And today is one of those

00:19days where I'm like, what the hell are these folks doing? Because while our

00:25economy is in crisis, while groceries and housing are at an all-time high,

00:31while our veterans and our firefighters and our teachers are being illegally

00:35fired, while Elon Musk is dismantling the U.S. Department of Education, and while

00:42the Secretary of Defense is trying to cover up the most incompetent national

00:49security leak I have ever heard of in my life, the Republicans in the House are

00:55trying to save the American people from the scourge of walk-in cooler and

01:03refrigeration efficiency standards. That's right. We are here wasting

01:10precious debate time on the U.S. House of Representatives floor, debating,

01:17dismantling efficiency standards for walk-in refrigerators. How out of touch

01:25are you with the American people? Like, literally, I know you're not holding town

01:30halls and meeting with your constituents anymore, but you think that the American

01:34people voted for you to waste our time on refrigeration standards? That's what

01:41you think you were elected to do? Literally, how out of touch are you?

01:46Because no American voted. No American. I don't care where you are on the

01:52ideological spectrum, you did not vote for this. This is ridiculous, it's

01:56preposterous, and it's just stupid. Yesterday, it was reported that the

02:04Secretary of Defense and National Security Advisor and the Vice President

02:08leaked war plans to a journalist. This is the same administration that

02:13accidentally fired nuclear scientists and engineers who maintain our nuclear

02:19stockpile. This is the same administration that is illegally firing

02:23federal employees and dismantling federal agencies, and you're here running

02:28a resolution on refrigerators. And meanwhile, tomorrow, you all are going to

02:35hold a hearing and haul NPR and PBS in front of Congress to try to undermine

02:40the media, just like you did just here on this floor a few moments ago, as

02:44you're kicking the media out of the Pentagon and the White House because you

02:48don't believe in the media anymore. Well, maybe this is exactly what the end

02:54conclusion of dismantling education and American democracy is, because this is

02:59ridiculous, and we will vote no.

'How Out Of Touch Are You?': Melanie Stansbury Sounds Off On House GOP Over Appliance Bills

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