Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) left the committee hearing early on Wednesday when the Democratic chairman took actions to discredit the Republican committee members.
The Fire Grants and the Safety Act, a measure that would expand government financing for fire departments were being discussed by the Senate Homeland Security Committee. But when Chairman Gary Peters (D) utilized procedural strategies against Paul and the revisions he had proposed, the meeting turned tense.
One of those changes would bar fire departments from receiving federal funding if they fired staff members for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine. But, if they rehired such people and granted them back pay, they would be qualified.
Peters, however, “by substituting wording mandating the inspector general of the U.S. to undertake an audit and report on impediments that impede fire departments from getting funding,” The Hill noted, effectively nullified the impact of Paul’s amendment.
For Paul, that was the deciding factor.
He accused Peters of pulling a “legislative hoax on the American public” by continually challenging his amendments using second-degree amendments, that are actually amendments of amendments. According to Paul, Peters is taking this action to spare Democrats from having to “directly vote on a vaccination amendment.”
The two senators then disagreed about the proper protocol to follow when proposing an amendment, whether Paul could do so, as well as whether Peters’ amendment was genuinely a third-degree amendment.
“If this is the way you’re going to lead the committee, I would advise that Republicans leave,” Paul eventually stated. “If you’re going to make up the rule, I don’t see why we should stay. You intend to propose a third-degree amendment?”
Senator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona interjected and urged the legislators to control their rage, but Paul made it obvious that Peters was taking an unfair advantage of the situation.
“Since I have been here, this is the only hearing I am aware of where we have had second-degree amendments on each of our amendments to refuse voting on the amendment. Therefore, we’ve just followed the identical procedure” Paul clarified. “That came from this microphone and was given. I was approved to offer it, but now they’re backtracking and attempting to amend the rules.”
“If we’re going to allow for a third-degree amendment that solely the majority can propose, I, for one, won’t be staying here,” Paul stated.
Paul walked away after that.
All Democrats voted in favor of Peters’ proposal, which the committee ultimately endorsed; not a single Republican did.
OUR GOVT IS CORRUPTED!!! IT IS TIME TO STAND AGAINST THE CRIMES THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS COMMITTED ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, AND THE CONSTITUTION!!! NEVER LET THEM FORGET THE “PREMEDITATED MANDATED GOVERNMENT GENOCIDE THEY COMMITTED!!!!
TREASON!!!! COLLUSION! QUID PRO QUO! DRUG AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING, MURDER!! ETC. AND YES I AM SCREAMING!!!!!! WAKE UP AMERICA!!!! DEMOCRATS HAVE TURNED YOUR CHILDREN AGAINST THERE PARENTS, THIS COUNTRY, HISTORY, AND HAS TURNED THEM INTO VIOLENT INDOCTRINATED LIBERAL ZOMBIES!!!!
YOU ARE RIGHT THE DEMORATS ARE CORRUPT AND THE SENATORS THAT GOES ALONG WITH THEM THEY SHOULD BE PUT IN PRISON FOR TREASON>:
GIVING AMERICA OVER TO THE SOCIALIST AND RUINING THIS GREAT COUNTRY>:
Tammy, You are so correct and America needs to WAKE UP and vote all of these groomers and woke politicians out of office!
I agree but there are millions of stupid f***ing Americans who are mind numbed robots and will only vote Dem, even as they face total collapse under those failed policies. There’s no cure for the mental disorder that is liberalism. The nation is increasingly Balkanized and battle lines are being drawn. Those who have any sense are fleeing blue states but there are far more left behind for a multitude of reasons. These morons will double down on their idiocy and get the total collapse they deserve. When that happens they will try to get the taxpayers of responsibly run states to bail them out. When we refuse, there will be mass rioting, anarchy and marauding mobs may try to enter our cities like BLM & Antifa do, to wreak havoc. Then we will show the nation what AR15s and 30-round mags are for.
I totally agree with the above statement. I really believe the prob lnto Mr. Trump by the Demented New York precursors are pushed by Biden, because of the corruption in his family.
Let’s roll.. plenty of American patriots will peacefully gather to protest this fake administration… its time…
Amen.
When will our politicians take the politics out of politics?
They are so consumed by playing party politics that they get very little done that truly servers their constituents.
Enough is enough.
Vote the old guard out!
Bruno