Political Quotes

On the recordMarch 17, 2021
last month, the American people created 379,000 new jobs across our country. The unemployment rate fell to 6.2 percent. Our economy is recovering. We are actually on our way back to normal. In early February, the Congressional Budget Office published a report on this. The report says that our economy will reach the same size that it was before the pandemic, and it will do it in just a few months. It says this summer our economy will be back to normal. Now, the CBO made that projection weeks before the Democrats passed and the President signed into law a $1.9 trillion wish list. In other words, our economy would be back to normal even had they never passed the bill. We would be back to normal without a dime of this incredible high amount of spending We didn't need the liberal wish list. The country doesn't need it. Yet it is obvious why Democrats rushed--rushed--their liberal wish list into law. They wanted to stamp their name on the recovery that was coming, no matter what. I have no doubt that that is the goal. Yet the truth is clear: This is not President Biden's recovery. President Biden inherited three vaccines--successful vaccines, vaccines that work and are safe. President Biden inherited 2 million tests a day for coronavirus. President Biden inherited falling coronavirus numbers. He also inherited a recovering economy. Last year, we saw the fastest economic recovery in American history. The unemployment rate fell by half in 6 months.…
Said by
John Barrasso
Republican · Wyoming
Source
govinfo.gov
Mar 17, 2021

Share

More from John Barrasso

Jan 10, 2026

Let’s be clear about what that resolution does and what it does not do. It does not reassert Congress's powers. It does not make America stronger. It makes America weaker and less safe.

abcnews.go.com
Jan 10, 2026

It would weaken the President’s legitimate, constitutional authority. This body, the United States Senate, is being asked whether the President of the United States has the authority to arrest indicted criminals. Of course he does…

abcnews.go.com
May 28, 2026

A vote for Ken Paxton in November is a vote for a safer, stronger, and more prosperous America. He has my endorsement and support.

realclearpolitics.com
Feb 5, 2026

Last night the minority leader came out with a list--a new list--of demands designed to protect illegal immigrant criminals. We just heard him speak about it on the floor just a few minutes ago. The minority leader has said that he has 10…

govinfo.gov

Other voices in this conversation