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On the recordJune 22, 2022
There are so many issues that are facing our country right now thanks to the disastrous policies coming out of the Biden administration. Inflation is up 8.6 percent. Economists are predicting a recession within 12 months or less. Our energy crisis--which is totally preventable--is only getting worse. We need to turn our spigots back on, Madam Speaker. We are relying on foreign adversaries--mostly enemies, I feel like most of the time--to produce oil instead of turning our spigots back on, as I stated. The Biden administration is still shoving Americans toward electric cars which cost on average $60,000. That is more than the average Tennessean makes in a year. I know for folks living in the Beltway that is nothing to them, but to the average working American, that is a whole heck of a lot of money. The environmental problems that these cars cause with their batteries and the slave labor to produce them in these foreign countries that we have no regulations over is despicable, and for anybody to wrap themselves up around that is part of the problem. Gas hit $5 per gallon last week--$5. People can't even afford to go to work in most areas. President Biden is trying to act like he is doing something about it by proposing a 3-month gas tax suspension. Madam Speaker, that is laughable. That is laughable. The way it is rising they will save no money.…
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Tim Burchett
Republican · Tennessee

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