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On the recordJanuary 19, 2022
I thank the gentlewoman for her comments. Madam Speaker, what my colleagues have illustrated here in this Special Order is the crisis that we have in this country. We are on the anniversary now of 1 year of far-left Democratic rule in Washington. We have a unified government. The far-left Democrats are in charge of the White House and both Houses of Congress. Elections have consequences. The American people can see it for themselves. Every poll across this country shows us. They know that it is crisis upon crisis upon crisis. You have heard my colleagues illustrate so many of those here this afternoon. If we had hours upon hours we could continue all night. The economic crisis last year: Inflation cost the average worker nearly two paychecks. An energy crisis: The national average for a gallon of gas rose 49.6 percent for the year. A border crisis: Because of the Democrats' open border policies, every State is now a border State. An education crisis: President Biden promised to reopen schools in his first 100 days but his administration secretly worked with teachers' unions to keep the schools closed and label parents as domestic terrorists. A crime crisis: Over a dozen U.S. cities had a record-high homicide rate in 2021. A COVID crisis: Although President Biden promised to shut down the virus, many Americans continue to struggle to find tests, and, of course, many schools remain closed because of this.…
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Mike Johnson
Republican · Louisiana
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Jan 19, 2022

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