[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 129 (Thursday, July 22, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H3805]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              ACTIONS AND RESULTS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS

  (Mr. KELLER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KELLER. Mr. Speaker, actions and results speak louder than words.
  In the months since President Biden first called for unity and 
bipartisan cooperation, the President's and Speaker's reckless tax-and-
spend policies have hurt middle-class families and small businesses. 
These are the very people they profess to want to help the most.
  For the third straight month, the cost of living in America has 
continued to increase, the highest rate of inflation we have witnessed 
since 2008.
  Compared to last year, gas prices are up 45 percent. Food prices have 
increased 2\1/2\ percent. The price of an automobile is up 45 percent 
for a used car. Americans know they are paying more for what they need 
to live every day while their paychecks have decreased by almost 2 
percent.
  Americans are spending more and getting less. This inflation is a 
hidden tax and a pay cut on every American family. And the effects of 
these are felt hardest by our senior citizens and people living on 
fixed incomes.
  The cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security this year was 
barely 1 percent, but rising consumer prices have outpaced that 
increase by more than four times.

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