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Erin Houchin: Despite what Democrats may claim, the American people know the Biden-Harris administration caused enormous damage to our…

On the recordFebruary 25, 2025
Despite what Democrats may claim, the American people know the Biden-Harris administration caused enormous damage to our economy, weakened our national security, allowed millions of illegal immigrants and deadly fentanyl to flood across our southern border, and crippled American energy independence. That is exactly why voters rejected their failed leadership in the last election. Once again, this resolution does not cut a single specific program or benefit. The Democrats are speaking fear, not facts, and saying something over and over again that is false does not make it true. Democrats have told these lies before and were proven wrong. The Democrats want to continue 4 more years of Bidenomics. We want to put us on a path to prosperity. These are the same people claiming that there is no waste, fraud, or abuse in Washington. This resolution will begin a process that sets a fiscal framework to meet the agenda the American people demanded in November. Let's talk about some of their claims, that this is a handout to billionaires. It is their party that abandoned the middle class by spending like crazy. Not extending the 2017 Trump tax cuts would be the ultimate betrayal of the middle class. The average taxpayer in my district, in the Ninth District of Indiana, would see a 26 percent tax hike if the tax cuts the Democrats oppose expire. A family of four making $67,000, the median income in my district, would be a $1,289 tax increase.…
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Erin Houchin
Republican · Minnesota
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Feb 25, 2025

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