[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 184 (Wednesday, October 20, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H5705]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       AMERICANS ARE PAYING MORE

  (Ms. HERRELL asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. HERRELL. Madam Speaker, today, I rise in defense of American 
families who are worse off in every way since President Joe Biden took 
office exactly 10 months ago.
  Today, the average U.S. household now spends $175 more per month on 
groceries, gas, and their homes. In New Mexico, gas is a full dollar 
per gallon more than it was just 1 year ago. That may not mean much to 
Washington politicians, but it means a lot to people in rural New 
Mexico who have to drive long distances. It is the kind of cost that 
can hurt a family.
  Food is more expensive, jobs are not coming back fast enough, and the 
Biden administration tells Americans that they will have to be happy 
with no Christmas presents this year. In the middle of all this, 
Democrats think that a Bernie Sanders' budget bill makes sense.
  Here we sit, not even discussing the supplies and cargo sitting off 
the California coast. If this is the Build Back Better plan, then count 
me out because it looks like we need to start making America great 
again.

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