Political Quotes

“I was in a grocery store on Sunday and nearly a dozen of my constituents stopped me and were very upset about product shortages and price increases. According to the data, eggs are up 12 percent, bacon is up 20 percent, chicken is up 8 percent, gasoline is up 40 to 50 percent, hamburger and beef are running short. I can assure you, Madam Speaker, while these data points paint a picture, price increases are just simply much higher, and my constituents are feeling the effects in their family budgets. An older gentleman with a half-full shopping cart that rang up for $111 glanced up at me and said: This is ridiculous. There are people filling their gas tanks now--before it was $50, now it is $80, $90, $100 to fill up a pickup truck because, Madam Speaker, the President and Members of this House--in fact, the leadership of this House--has decided to attack domestic energy production, which is clearly driving prices up through the roof. With winter around the corner, it will cost 30 percent more to heat an average person's home. Yet, the Democrats are trying to implement a home heating tax--that is a wonderful idea--in the so-called Build Back Better bill that will drive energy bills even higher. Madam Speaker, how is this helpful?…”