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On the recordOctober 20, 2021
I thank my friend. He is right. We better wake up. Just by way of a quick reminder, over 1.2 million illegal immigrants have been apprehended at the border since February alone. We know that number is grossly undercounted because of all the got-aways and people who came totally undetected across the totally open border. Madam Speaker, I yield next to the gentleman from California (Mr. LaMalfa), my good friend. Mr. LaMALFA. Madam Speaker, today marks exactly 9 months in of the Biden administration. The motto was Build Back Better. So, where do we stand? What have we built back better on behalf of the real American people out there? He talked about unity in his inauguration speech. It only seems to be that he has unified the American people in anger at the cost of doing business. Everything has gone up for American families, as you see from this chart here. In my home State of California, everything is going up. We see fuel. We heard the national average is $3.30. In my home State, it is anywhere from $4.20 to $5. Now, it is not the rest of the country's problem how the State runs itself, but it kind of underlines that we have big problems. What is the focus going to be? The Biden administration is going to make it where farming in California is even more difficult. We are going to have fewer of the crops California grows, therefore driving inflation even more on everything when these crops have to be replaced with foreign imports. I mean, come on.…
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Mike Johnson
Republican · Louisiana
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govinfo.gov
Oct 20, 2021

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