Michael Burgess: “I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, the reason we are here is because the average family of four is…”

“I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, the reason we are here is because the average family of four is paying over $17,000 more per year thanks to the policies of the Biden-Harris administration and their allies in Congress. In 3\1/2\ years, their policies and regulations have been unleashed into every aspect of our lives. For example, on top of that $17,000 more that American families are having to pay each year, now the Biden-Harris administration's EPA expects that family to cough up another $10,000 for an electric vehicle. The House Republicans today will repeal this ridiculous regulation with the passage of a joint resolution under this rule. It is not just consumer goods that are more expensive. Retirement is increasingly out of reach because of the Biden-Harris administration and their policies and what they have injected into our capital markets and retirement plans. The American family will not care how much their retirement fund promoted ESG or DEI when they need to push off their retirement for years under this economy. House Republicans will refocus the financial markets and retirement funds away from politics and toward maximizing investment returns. Maximizing shareholder value seems like a concept that everyone should be for. Finally, I will touch on two important pieces of legislation under this rule that are affecting Texans, the first of which is the Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act.…”