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On the recordSeptember 19, 2022
I thank my friend from Kentucky, who truly is an expert on fiscal policy and truly understands the situation that we are in, in our country. We just simply cannot afford to continue down this path and expect that there will not be consequences: consequences for us and, if not for us, certainly for future generations. At the least, we are mortgaging the future of our kids and our grandkids, and it is completely irresponsible. We just came back, all of us, to our districts. I can tell you, I spent most of the weekend out talking to people across the district, and they are very concerned about the impact of this President's policies and the policies of this Congress on their daily lives. I have constituents who are choosing each week whether they can buy groceries or whether they can buy gas for the car. I spoke just recently to one constituent who had been out of the workforce for about 10 years. This individual, by the way, had 13 kids, which I thought was amazing, but he had been out of the workforce for 13 years and just took a job because he can no longer make ends meet because of the policies of this President and the rising prices that have been created by the policies of this administration. They are angry that the President had a White House party to celebrate the passage of the so-called Inflation Reduction Act.…
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Lloyd Smucker
Republican · Pennsylvania
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Sep 19, 2022

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