Mr. President, the Biden administration has made a name for itself in attacking the very institutions that they were sworn to protect. If you look at what is happening outside Washington right now, you can see the ripple effects of this institutional sabotage. There is inflation; there are shortages; there is crime; and there are drugs flooding our communities. This weekend, I was chatting with one of my politically independent- minded friends back home, and here is what she told me. She said: Everything the Democrats are doing is making my life harder. It makes things worse. Last Tuesday, I held a telephone townhall with a few thousand Tennesseans, and they told me the same thing. I spoke to a dad from Chattanooga, and something he said really struck me. He was telling me about how worried he was about his children's futures. He said the only common thread he can see tying all of this together is suffering. Think about that. Here is a dad--a dad--who is looking at the actions of the Democrat-controlled House, Senate, and White House, and to him, he is perceiving the intent as being to inflict suffering. He asked me what the goal was of all of this--referring, of course, to Biden's agenda. He couldn't figure it out, and I really don't blame him. No reasonable person can look at what the Biden administration has done and say that they feel like the administration has our best interests at heart or that they have a vision for the future of the country.…
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