Friday 12 August 2022 08:19 PM Lauren Boebert's House mic is CUT during attack on inflation bill trends now
Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert had her mic cut on the House floor Friday as she blasted the Democrats' Inflation Reduction Act.
'You are sacrificing American families at the altar of climate change. You're using the power of the federal government for armed robbery,' Boebert insisted.
The $370 billion bill is expected to pass the House with only Democratic votes later Friday afternoon.
It includes a number of green energy and healthcare provisions and provides funding to bolster the workforce at the Internal Revenue Service.
The Colorado Republican argued that encouraging inflation data was evidence that the bill didn't need to be passed.
'Mr Speaker, isn't it so? Joe Biden himself said inflation rates is at 0 percent. So what the heck are we doing here? Why are we passing the so-called Inflation Reduction Act if it's at O percent,' Boebert said.
'The gentlewoman's time has expired,' the chair said, banging a gavel, interrupting the Colorado congresswoman.
Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert had her mic cut on the House floor Friday as she blasted the Democrats' Inflation Reduction Act
Boebert continued to plow through her speech.
'And it does the exact opposite of what Americans need right now. This is just another con game by the Democrats calling something one thing and saying another. This is making the IRS - with armed agents - larger than the Pentagon, the State Department, the FBI,' she continued, shouting over the gavel and other members yelling.
Her mic was eventually cut.
The Republicans then gave her 30 additional seconds to finish up.
'This bill hires 87,000 new IRS agents and they are armed and the job description tells them that they
