Political Quotes

“I come to the floor today to talk about America's inflation crisis. People in my home State are noticing it every day. This morning, the majority leader came to the floor and expressed his shock that prices have gone up, but they have been going up for over a year now. Price increases last year on energy alone cost hard-working families over $1,000 more last year--the first year that Joe Biden was President--compared to the previous year. This year, it is going to cost even more for energy--to drive, to heat, all of those things. So I am glad that the Democrats now are--14 months into Joe Biden's Presidency--finally concerned about energy prices, but what we are seeing the Democrats offer are gimmicks. Some Democrats want to call it a gas tax holiday. Of course, the gas tax is what is used to pay for our roads and bridges. So they want to defund--stop paying for roads and bridges but then put the gas tax back on right after the election. It is a cynical ploy. Other Democrats say: No, no, let's not do that. Let's just send everybody more government checks. Well, the Democrats have been doing that, and it is what has caused much of the inflation that we are facing today. Still other Democrats say: No, no, no, let's clamp down on American energy even tighter. These are nice sound bites. We are seeing them. We are hearing them. Those aren't solutions. We know why prices are rising. Prices are rising because supply of American energy is down.…”