[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 171 (Thursday, September 30, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H5566]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        PROMOTING FISCAL SANITY

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Madam Speaker, we are at an 
extraordinary time in history where inflation is threatening every 
family.
  ``At some point, all of us, regardless of party, must ask the simple 
question--how much is enough? What I have made clear to the President 
and Democratic leaders is that spending trillions more on new and 
expanded government programs, when we can't even pay for the essential 
social programs like Social Security and Medicare, is the definition of 
fiscal insanity. Suggesting that spending trillions more will not have 
an impact on inflation ignores the everyday reality that America's 
families continue to pay an unavoidable inflation tax. Proposing a 
historic expansion of social programs while ignoring the fact we are 
not in recession and that millions of jobs remain open . . . . ''
  Thank you, Senator Joe Manchin, for your courage. You and WVOC radio 
talk show host Gary David have exposed insanity.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, who successfully protected 
America for 20 years as the global war on terrorism continues moving 
from Afghanistan to our neighborhoods.

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