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On the recordDecember 17, 2025
the Republican Party has delivered for the American people. We promised and delivered a country that is safer, stronger, and more prosperous. That is what we have seen in the last year. Americans are now seeing more money in their pockets. Inflation is now under 3 percent. During the Biden years, it was at a 40-year high of 9 percent inflation. This Christmas, gas prices are going to be the lowest that they have been, basically, in the last 5 years. In 38 States, including mine, Wyoming, we now have gasoline prices lower than $3 a gallon. That is because Americans are seeing the impact of Republicans who have unleashed American energy. Our borders are now secured. Not a single illegal immigrant has been released into this country under this administration. Compare that with 10,000 illegal immigrants, every day, flooding across our southern border and bringing with them the drugs and the crime, as so many of them were released into the country and others were never captured. What we see happening globally is the world's most successful companies are investing in America, and $10 trillion is coming to our shores. Record investment is driving job growth. It drives innovation and drives opportunity. We passed a comprehensive economic plan called the working families tax cut law. It is the central part of our economic plan. I really want to thank Senator Mike Crapo, chairman of the Finance Committee, for his hard work on seeing this through. Republicans cut taxes.…
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John Barrasso
Republican · Wyoming

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Discussing the Republican Party's achievements and economic policies during a floor speech.

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