Young Oak Kim: “I thank Mr. Johnson for yielding. Madam Speaker, 1 year ago, I joined several of my colleagues-- especially the freshman…”

“I thank Mr. Johnson for yielding. Madam Speaker, 1 year ago, I joined several of my colleagues-- especially the freshman Republican colleagues--in a letter to President Biden showing our willingness to work with him on behalf of the American people and to bridge the partisan gridlock, because our President's success is our Nation's success. While I am proud that 1 year later I have been able to get 12 bipartisan bills out of the House and four signed into law, I am disappointed that the policies from the Biden administration encourage more division, more Federal spending, and more crises hurting American workers, families, and small businesses as we continue through the COVID-19 pandemic. Inflation is at a 40-year high, driving up prices everywhere from the grocery store to prices at the gas pump. We have record high numbers of migrants and illicit drugs at our southern border straining our resources and empowering drug cartels. Our disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan resulted in the deaths of 13 U.S. servicemembers, and we still have left the lives of Americans and our allies and military arsenal in the hands of the Taliban. In the latest edition of partisan politics last week, one of my bipartisan bills was taken over and instead became over 700 pages of nationalizing elections and letting public funds be used for political campaigns.…”