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On the recordOctober 20, 2021
Utah is, in the Fourth District, now paying more for everything thanks to the Biden administration's disastrous economic policies. It is throwing our country back to a 1970s economy, and there is no end in sight. The Democrats' solution? Pack far-left policies into their $5.5 trillion spending package and tell the American people that it cost them nothing. It is a bogus talking point that couldn't be further from the truth. In reality, this tax and spending bill would perpetuate labor shortages in Utah and across the country, which will harm economic recovery and hurt families in my district; violate Americans' financial privacy by increasing IRS access to our personal bank data; and it will also mandate financial services providers to report financial transactions of $200 per week or greater. The IRS has no business tracking the checking accounts of Americans. They will also reduce our country's energy independence, causing gas prices to skyrocket nationwide, now, by the way, hitting record numbers in Utah. It will impose devastating taxes on small businesses as they attempt to get back on their feet. President Biden and Democrats in Congress want to use this trillion- dollar spending bill to fundamentally reimagine our country's economy, and they are going to raise taxes on the middle class to make it happen.…
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Burgess Owens
Republican · Utah

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