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On the recordApril 1, 2022
I thank the gentleman for yielding. Record crime, record inflation, record gas prices, record number of illegal immigrants crossing our southern border. And what are Democrats doing today? Legalizing drugs; legalizing drugs and using American tax dollars to kick-start and prop up the marijuana industry. Wow. Such a deal for the American people. Every major urban area has increased crime, and Democrats are legalizing drugs and propping up the marijuana industry. Mr. Speaker, 40-year high inflation. It hasn't been this high since 1982. We have some Members not even born then. Record inflation, and Democrats are focusing on legalizing drugs and kick-starting the marijuana industry. Record gas prices, $6 gas in California; $4 gas everywhere else, and Democrats are legalizing drugs and helping the marijuana industry. And, of course, 2 million illegal immigrants crossed our southern border in the last 14 months, and Democrats are legalizing drugs and helping the cannabis industry. Oh, and by the way, we could be focused on this issue: We have a Justice Department that is treating parents as domestic terrorists, spying on moms and dads who simply show up at school board meetings. We know that is going on, putting a threat tag label on parents, this designation, this label, on moms and dads simply standing up for their kids. And Democrats are focused on legalizing drugs and helping the cannabis industry.…
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Jim Jordan
Republican · Ohio
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govinfo.gov
Apr 1, 2022

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