Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for yielding and for holding this important Special Order tonight on an issue that truly affects all Pennsylvanians and all Americans. I thank Representative Smucker, my colleague, who is a true leader and a fiscal conservative, for bringing this discussion to the United States Congress. Yesterday afternoon, I conducted a survey in my weekly newsletter, asking respondents if, during the past year, the rising costs of gas and groceries had cut into their savings, a relatively simple question. Eighty-nine percent of the responders said yes. Unfortunately, this is a sad reality. It is a sad reality in the American economy that has been decimated by President Biden's failed tax-and-spend policies that put far-left gimmicks ahead of the needs of the American people. During the Biden administration, at a time when small businesses across our country were begging for workers, we saw legislation that paid workers to remain at home. We saw the government mandates that had no basis in science, policies that did not account for natural immunity, policies that forced highly skilled workers to leave their jobs, which, unfortunately, again, helped to cripple our supply chains. During the Biden administration, we saw the so-called infrastructure bill that spent more money bailing out windmills and solar farms and did nothing on fixing roads and bridges.…”