'I Came To Washington To Protect Taxpayer Dollars': Katie Porter Slams Excessive Pentagon Spending

On the House floor, Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) slams excessive defense spending.

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[maryclark]

Fight for the seniors. They keep saying social security is broke, if the government would pay back what they borrowed maybe they would shut up. If they stop social security they will never pay it back.
Mary Clark

[Raptors]

Katie porter is amazing. Always fighting for the middle class and low income

[enriquecrivera]

But they don't say anything about spending money for transgender treatments.

[yepyep]

She could be a good U.S. Senator. But I prefer Adam Schiff.

[teg]

True, but let’s face it, we have generational welfare, people who continue to make poor decisions and we have to pay for it. We have NIH, CDC, HHS, DOE, and other Federal agencies wastefully spending my tax dollars, where I could spend much better. The only ones we should ever EVER have entitlements are the disabled and the elderly. Every able body should be working and contributing. I’m sick of this BS of funding every socialist program out of Washington. And Cali? No empathy or sympathy for you! You tax your constituents to death that they are fleeing. Address your Governor or state if you can’t get funding. I should be able to choose which charities I want to contribute. If a teen gets pregnant then her family and the father’s family can take care of her and the baby - make THAT a law, and that they can’t throw her on the street. I shouldn’t be forced fund them thru taxes. Congress and dems have proven they can’t spend my money better than me.

[ArticLight]

Looks like someone has plenty of money to be eating really well.