On the recordApril 28, 2022
As Americans face the worst rate of inflation in 41 years, President Biden's proposed budget does nothing to help ease the burden on our country's struggling families. Despite experts predicting that a recession is coming, the President's proposed budget would further exacerbate high inflation by spending $73 trillion over the next decade and would be funded by the highest sustained tax burden in our Nation's history. As Americans pay record prices at the pump, this budget proposal prioritizes radical Green New Deal energy policies and continues Biden's destruction of American energy independence with increased taxes on the oil and gas industry. Who is going to feel those increased taxes? Working men and women in the Sixth District of Virginia and across this country. Further, it pushes unnecessary and already rejected Build Back Better social programs and provides benefits to illegal aliens, which is entirely unacceptable. For my constituents in the Sixth District, I will continue to hold Biden administration officials accountable and demand justifications for this spending spree that is this budget when they come before the committees on which I serve. Madam Speaker, I stand in strong opposition to the President's proposal, and I urge its rejection should it come before this House. ____________________
