Press Release
WASHINGTON— Congressman Markwayne Mullin (OK-02) released the following statement after voting against the Energy and Commerce Committee portion of the COVID-19 relief budget reconciliation legislation, which costs more than $188 billion. The entire Biden relief package spans twelve House Committees and costs a total of $1.9 trillion.
“There is currently $1 trillion in COVID relief that has already been appropriated that the Biden Administration has yet to use. We should be focused on getting that money to the people who need it most rather than saddling future generations with more debt in the name of relief,” Mullin said. “This legislation only furthers dependence on the federal government and that is not how we recover from the pandemic. We need to get our economy fully reopened and Americans back to work.”
Mullin offered an amendment to the legislation which would increase funding for block grants for community mental health services, including designating 5 percent of that funding to provide mental health support for workers who have lost their jobs due to President Biden’s attack on the oil and gas industry. The amendment was rejected by the majority.
Video from debate on Mullin’s amendment can be found here.
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