Political Quotes

“I come to the floor today to oppose the Democrats' reckless tax-and-spending spree. On Thursday, President Biden came here to Capitol Hill to meet with Democrats over in the House. Just hours before he got here, economists sounded the alarms once again about the economy that our Nation is facing under President Biden. Economic growth slowed to just 2 percent. Now, this is the slowest it has been since the post-pandemic recovery began. This was also significantly lower than even the experts expected. So there was a disconnect. It was really low and even lower than they expected. Growth is slowing down; hiring is slowing down; and shelves are empty all across America. We have a growing supply chain nightmare. Prices continue to go up. I heard about it all across the State of Wyoming this past weekend. So what did President Biden do in response? Well, he ignored the alarm bells. He gave his blessing to the latest version of this reckless tax-and-spending bill. And the new version looks a lot like the old version--just as radical, just as reckless, and just as unpopular with the American public. There is nothing really new in the bill except more budget gimmicks. And it is interesting that NBC News, this weekend, came out with a poll that only 22 percent--only about one in five Americans think that, under Joe Biden and the Democrats, the country is on the right path. Seventy-one percent said we are on the wrong path.…”