Scalise: Dems Want to Use Covid Money to Bail Out Blue States That Were Already Failing

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SCALISE: "Clearly, we are very far apart. You know, you just mentioned Speaker Pelosi’s — you can call it No Liberal Cause Left Behind Act that they filed. It shows you where they really want to go. Our focus has always been on helping people get back on their feet, helping schools and businesses safely reopen. What they’re talking about, I mean, over a trillion dollars now they want to use to bail out states that were failing before COVID. You are talking about mailing ballots, election ballots to people illegally on voter rolls. That’s — what does that have to do with COVID, first of all? But it really shows their priorities. So, very big difference between the sides. We really can be doing a lot of things. By the way, there's over $500 billion of existing money that we already spent in the CARES Act that hasn’t been spent, that can be more flexibly used, for example, for states to help schools reopen safely, buying supplies like masks and hand sanitizer to help small businesses get back on their feet, to help people that are struggling. All of that is still unspent money. Why do they need to add another $3 trillion of debt to do all of these things that have nothing to do with COVID?"