Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Last week, our national debt reached a record high of--wait for it-- $33 trillion. This is a result of the White House and a result of the previous Democrat-controlled Congress spending trillions of dollars outside the appropriations process. Let's remember, under Democratic control, we saw the highest inflation in over 40 years, the highest interest rates in over 20 years, and a 17 percent increase in consumer prices. That is why this underlying legislation establishes a bipartisan fiscal commission to get our Nation on the right course. This is just one of the many manufactured crises caused by Democrats' far-left policies. Look at our southern border. At the southern border, President Biden's immigration policies caused a flood of illegal immigrants into our Nation and illicit fentanyl into our communities. Just last week, our Nation set an all-time record for illegal crossings in a single year. Over 25,000 pounds of fentanyl have also been trafficked across our southern border this year. To put that into perspective, this is enough to kill every single American citizen. Sadly, too many towns across my home State of Pennsylvania have felt the consequences of the Democrats' pro-open border agenda. In Pennsylvania alone, there were over 5,000 reported overdose deaths in 2022. Not only is the White House doing nothing to address this crisis, but the Democrats' pro-crime agenda actually encourages it.…”