I don't think borrowing now a trillion and a half, soon to be two trillion a year is a good business plan.

I also urge support for H.R. 752, the Securing Semiconductor Supply Chains Act of 2023, as amended, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. Miller-Meeks). The question is on the motion offered by the…

The ability to achieve the American dream of homeownership is in peril as housing today is less affordable than it has ever been.

When 75% of Hoosiers are unable to afford the median price of a new home under President Biden's economy, we know there is a serious issue.

More housing needs to be built in order to lower prices.

A lot of times things we do here are well-intended, but you cannot do it by borrowing from future generations.

the cost of post-secondary education has gone--is pricing itself out of the market.

the cost of post-secondary education has gone--is pricing itself out of the market.

they are going to make more money in many cases than most four-year degrees would produce.

I think the solutions to all of these are probably left best to the laboratory of the states.

Spending policies, I think, have exacerbated an already unaffordable housing market.

When I do visit all 92 counties in our State, by far the issue I hear even above and beyond rural broadband, affordable housing, would be workforce.

I do look forward--sometimes we are at odds in terms of what we should do, but there is always practical legislation in the middle, and I would hope that we can have those conversations that get us there.

I mean, that just seems outrageously high as a median, and that is actually higher than what the median is across the country.

they are going to make more money in many cases than most four-year degrees would produce.

we need more of them to fill that high demand, very high pay niche.

I challenge employers throughout the country to make sure to take that into consideration.

More housing needs to be built in order to lower prices.