They should still dismiss and ignore the parliamentarian because her argument is fucking bullshit. "Granting permanent residency does much more than merely generate and cost money", guess what, everything you do with money does that.
You spend money on infrastructure - you materially affect the lives of people who will use said infrastructure.
You provide healthcare - you materially affect the lives of people who will use said healthcare.
You provide family leave - you materially affect the lives of the child, the parents, and whatever support network they have.
You send stimulus checks to people - again you don't merely make the balance sheet red, you materially affect people's lives, and not even just the lives of people who got the checks because this money will be spent, used to pay others, spent again, etc.
You tax the richest N Americans to high hell - again you will materially affect Jeff Bezos's life because now he doesn't have the money to make another dick shaped rocket.
You go on another war - you turn a lot of soldiers and middle eastern kids into skeletons.