Serious Issues Facing Our Country
Floor Speech
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Mr. MEUSER. Madam Speaker, the Biden administration and Democrat House leadership want to cap off their first 6 months with an additional $3.5 trillion in massive bills which will be the largest expansion of government ever.
Let's review the past 6 months. Prior to the Biden administration, on a bipartisan basis we here in this Congress allocated $3.7 trillion for COVID relief and recovery on a bipartisan basis.
President Biden and the Democrats through a completely partisan spending bill spent $1.9 trillion, three times more than many thought was necessary, and many Democrat economists also felt that way, especially since GDP growth was hitting record levels, clearly indicating American recovery.
Now we are experiencing inflation at really historic levels. Milk, bread, fruit, gasoline, among other items, have seen price increases, taxing all Americans. Unemployment remains very high in States that continue to extend and enhanced unemployment insurance. Meanwhile, virtually all employers have a shortfall in their workforce and are looking for employees.
Additionally, illegal immigration is at an all-time high. We see the mess at the border with no real corrections being made by the Biden administration or the Democrat-led House. Crime is hitting record levels in urban and suburban American. Oil imports from Russia are at an all-time high while we restrict energy production here at home, and China's economy is roaring.
We receive no cooperation from the CCP or the WHO, regarding investigations into the origins of COVID-19. Additionally, cyberattacks originating from China and Russia have presented a huge threat to American businesses large and small, yet, we have little to no response from the Biden administration or from our Democratic leadership here in the House.
Now the Democrats are putting a bipartisan transportation infrastructure bill in jeopardy that was agreed upon because they insist on spending $3.5 trillion-plus for all kinds of government expansion initiatives, including expansions in Medicaid, ObamaCare, EPA, IRS, and I could go on.
This reckless expansion of government after $5 trillion in spending will rock our economy, destroy career opportunities, create permanent dependency on government, and saddle our future American generations with debt well beyond what the eye can see or what the mind can contemplate.
Say ``no'' to reconciliation. Say ``yes'' to a bipartisan transportation infrastructure bill.
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