I thank the gentleman for his words. It is clear that he is in touch regularly with his constituents and is hearing some of the same things that I have heard. The gentleman mentioned the real wage drop about $3,500 per family due to the policies of this administration. It is as if someone is taking a month's worth of salary, and families have to do without that month of salary. By the way, that comes on the heels of policies under the previous administration that led to--after decades of stagnation--a $6,000 average household increase in income. Which is more compassionate? The gentleman is exactly right. We know the impact of these policies. We must stop. We must implement policies that work for the American people. That is why I was so frustrated. By the way, I have a news flash: Naming a bill something doesn't mean it is so. Just recently, the Biden administration and Democrats in Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act. Studies now are saying it will not impact inflation, it will most likely increase inflation. Let's just dig in on some of the policies that are included. $745 billion in new spending, over half of which is for the Green New Deal agenda. That includes $3 billion for, ``environmental and climate justice warriors,'' and $245 billion in Department of Energy loans for other friends of the left. As gas prices increased 50 percent over the course of last year, President Biden's solution was to raise taxes on American oil and gas producers.…
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