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On the recordNovember 2, 2023
Since the Biden administration took office, in just the first 2 years, they implemented or imposed costs on the American public exceeding $300 billion. Mr. Chairman, when I was in school, I learned there were three branches of government. There was the judicial branch, executive branch, and legislative branch. Apparently, there is a fourth branch of government, and it is the bureaucrats. It is this entity out there that is writing rules, writing regulations, and imposing costs on American families--I will say it again--to the tune of over $300 billion in just the first 2 years of this administration. What does that look like at home? It looks like regulations that are killing small businesses. The U.S. Census Bureau has quantified that one in every four households in America has had to choose among costs like groceries, utility bills, gasoline for their cars, or medical costs. These are false choices, Mr. Chairman. American families shouldn't have to choose among costs like that. These are necessities. Again, we shouldn't have to choose between groceries, utility costs, and things like rent and a mortgage. The average American family is paying 40 percent more right now for energy costs like gasoline and utility bills because of the policies of this administration. What our amendment does is it simply restores the role of Congress, the role of Representatives.…
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Garret Graves
Republican · Louisiana

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