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On the recordFebruary 2, 2022
Madam Speaker, you are in luck. I heard a lot of complaints but no solutions. That is why my colleagues across the aisle lost the 2020 election miserably. We know what they are against. President Biden said it best. What are the Republicans for? What are they for? Some of them joined us in some of the bills I am about to outline. The rest of them, it has been nothing. Meanwhile, Democrats delivered the American Rescue Plan, shots in arms, and money in pockets, and we stopped another Great Recession. Can you imagine how we would be able to respond to delta or omicron without passing future relief? Now, unemployment is below 4 percent. We created nearly 7 million jobs last year. In my district, we were devastated by the Great Recession. Foreclosures devastated central Florida. In 2021, this time around, foreclosures are down from 2020. Americans in central Florida lost their homes last time around. This time around, we put a stop to it. House Republicans voted no, yet Republican Governors took the American Rescue Plan money and responded to our Nation's crisis. That is what we should all be doing. Next, we go to the bipartisan infrastructure framework. There is huge support among all Americans to upgrade America, our roads and bridges, our ports and airports, our clean water, clean and resilient energy, rural broadband. I have urban, suburban, and rural areas in the district. Everyone in my district, regardless of their party background, is excited about this infrastructure.…
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Darren Soto
Democratic · Florida

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