On the recordJuly 13, 2022
first I would like to associate myself with the remarks from the distinguished senior Senator from North Dakota who spoke so well about the issues that are facing the American people, both in terms of inflation and in terms of energy. So I join my colleagues today on the floor to talk about this crisis that we are facing under the Presidency of Joe Biden and the Democrats in this body. We found out this morning that inflation hit another record high, a 40-year high, and we are now entering a summer of suffering by the American people, suffering brought on by the Democrats and their reckless spending and policies. The inflation numbers themselves are shocking. The impact on families is so, so disturbing. In my home State of Wyoming, the people that normally volunteer to drive meals to shut-ins on Meals on Wheels--who run some of those rural routes and drive around and drop off meals-- these are volunteers with time on their hands, senior citizens who do the driving. They are no longer able to do it because they cannot afford the gas under Joe Biden and the Democratic policies. The day Joe Biden came into office, gas was $2.38 per gallon--plenty of volunteers paying their own gas. Today, the price has almost doubled what it was when Joe Biden came into office. That is what the American people are seeing: pain at the pump and pain at the grocery store. And the numbers are disturbing, and people are falling further and further behind.…





