Political Quotes

“I come to the floor today to talk about inflation. And one thing is sure, Joe Biden is the President of high prices. New numbers are out today. This morning, we found that inflation remains the worst it has been in 40 years--40 years. Now, we knew that today's inflation numbers were going to be bad for Americans and bad for the administration, but the numbers today are worse than people thought. Prices rose nearly 8 percent in just the last year. That means we are now seeing more inflation in the last 13 months under President Joe Biden than we did in the previous 4 years. And families are suffering. Prices are going up, but wages are not keeping up. Last week, we found out that wages, in terms of an escalation, had slowed down a bit, which means that people are falling further and further behind. Wages just cannot keep up with the prices that continue to go up. Month after month after month, the American people have found themselves falling further and further and further behind. I remember when Joe Biden told all of us that inflation would be ``transitory.'' He kind of laughed about it. He said it over and over again. And then, in December, he said inflation had ``peaked.'' Mr. President, inflation had not peaked. Joe Biden, once again, dead wrong. Now, the American people are reminded about this every time they go to the gas station, every time they go to the grocery store, every time they go out to purchase goods. So why is this happening?…”