The annual budget process in Congress has become the definition of insanity, as we are confronted with the same last-minute spending bills written behind closed doors with little to no involvement from lawmakers.

Adding almost a trillion dollars in COVID-19 assistance to this package is just insult to injury, the relief money could have passed on its own months ago.

A measure I would have supported as a stand-alone bill.

What is happening in Washington has become an annual, instant-replay train wreck in the eyes of most Americans – whose elected representatives have little input on the debt being charged up on the nation’s credit card.

Americans deserve a real say in how their money is spent.