11/07/2023
https://congress.gov...
"We cannot do that anymore because when something is scarce, it becomes expensive."
"If we took these gentlemen here to my right, and maybe asked if they could live off the smelt..."
"On Inauguration Day, the average price of gasoline was $2.39 a gallon. We were energy independent for the first time in decades."
"Inflation is a tax on American people and their livelihoods and their standard of living, and right now, inflation is clawing away at their living standards."