[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 166 (Friday, September 24, 2021)]
[House]
[Pages H5164-H5165]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   UNPRECEDENTED GOVERNMENT SPENDING

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, the $3.5 trillion spending plan by the 
Democrats is the most expensive single piece of legislation in the 
history of this country. If passed, the Democrats will have added $13 
trillion in new spending since they took control of the House in 2019.
  When combined with annual government funding and the $1.9 trillion 
Biden bailout bill, the $3.5 trillion socialist tax and spending plan 
would increase yearly government spending by over 73 percent each year 
for the next 10 years. To pay for these expensive and ill-advised 
policies, we would see the largest tax increase in American history, 
with two-thirds of employer tax increases being borne by lower and 
middle-income Americans.
  This unprecedented spending spree is fueling inflation right now and 
hurting low-income and middle-income families the most, the very 
populations these policies purport to be helping.
  Inflation is a tax on the poor, running at 7 percent on an annualized

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basis since the Biden administration came in, the highest since the 
Carter era. Gas prices are up 41 percent. Used car prices are up 41 
percent. Fish prices are up 8.5 percent. Steak prices are up 10 
percent.
  Inflation is hurting the purchasing power of everyday Americans.

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