On the recordSeptember 29, 2023
Madam Speaker, 75 percent of Americans believe we are headed in the wrong direction, according to nearly every single national poll. NBC News recently had a poll that showed Republicans outperform Democrats by 21 points on the question of who is better equipped to handle the economy. Why? Because Bidenomics has been an absolute disaster. There is record inflation, skyrocketing energy prices, higher grocery bills. People are struggling. This administration has increased spending by over $5 trillion in new spending in just 2 years. The American people elected a House Republican majority to serve as a check and balance on this administration and on the Senate, but also to govern. There are real challenges in this country, starting with our economy: our reckless out-of-control spending; the cost of living; our long-term debt crossing $33 trillion; the fact that if we do nothing, Social Security and Medicare will both go broke within the next decade; and then, of course, immigration and the crisis at our southern border. Since Joe Biden took office, 6 million migrants have crossed our southern border, many of them illegally. Asylum cases are taking 2 to 3 years at a minimum to be heard. This administration has failed to combat the malign influence of the cartels trafficking women and children, trafficking drugs, and fentanyl pouring into our communities, killing 70,000 Americans just last year. It is shameful, yet what do the American people see?…





