[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 192 (Tuesday, November 2, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H6077]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          TURKEY DAY TAX HIKE

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from 
North Carolina (Ms. Foxx) for 5 minutes.
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, this Thanksgiving will be the most expensive 
on record, and Americans have the Biden administration to thank.
  Put yourself in the shoes of hardworking families across America. 
Every morning they wake up and leave for work. The moment their feet 
touch the ground outside, inflation is already reaching for their 
wallets. They turn on their cars and head to the gas station where 
inflation is ready and waiting for them. At the grocery store, 
inflation is lurking within the aisles.
  It is a sobering reality for so many working families, and people are 
rightfully angry. I share their anger.
  Mr. Speaker, consider what these working families are thinking as 
Thanksgiving approaches. Will they be able to afford President Biden's 
turkey tax on Thanksgiving dinner? Will they even be able to get 
themselves to the grocery store in time before the shelves are empty? 
Will they even be able to get to the grocery store at all because of 
rising gas prices?
  Consider this: Thanksgiving dinner this year is estimated to cost 4 
to 5 percent more for American families, and that is assuming they will 
be able to put food on the table.
  Just this morning I did an interview with a local radio station in 
the Fifth District. The host remarked to me that under the Biden 
administration we are going to have to get used to empty shelves and 
rising prices. I take great issue with where the direction of this 
country is headed under this administration.
  Americans have been told to ``lower their expectations'' and to get 
used to doing with less. No, we won't. This is America, and we do not 
settle for less. We are better than meeting meager expectations, 
lowering the bar, and expecting less. That is just not who we are as a 
country, and it certainly is not who we are as a people.
  Let's not forget that this administration touted an alleged savings 
of 16 cents for family barbecues over the Independence Day weekend 
earlier this year. Nobody took that claim seriously then, and it 
certainly does not hold up now.
  From President Biden's turkey tax to rising gas prices, empty store 
shelves to rising costs of heating homes during the winter, everyone is 
feeling the squeeze of inflation. This is not a high-class problem by 
any stretch of the imagination.
  Since President Biden took office, we have watched every month as 
inflation has ravaged the country. What is this administration 
thinking? Is it so blind to the fact that families and hardworking 
Americans are struggling to make ends meet?
  Mr. Speaker, the holiday season is on the horizon and Americans are 
more concerned than ever. With Thanksgiving dinner and everyday 
commodities becoming out of reach now, Christmas dinner will cost 
Americans an arm and a leg. This is downright shameful.

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