[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 192 (Tuesday, November 2, 2021)]
[House]
[Pages H6081-H6082]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            ECONOMIC CRISIS

  (Mr. CLINE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CLINE. Mr. Speaker, time and again I come to the House floor to 
highlight the out-of-control spending schemes of the House majority. 
But sadly, this falls on deaf ears as they continue their efforts to 
push leftist government-dependency bills through this Chamber.
  When will the majority leader realize that there is a real-world 
impact to their fiscal irresponsibility?
  Just this past quarter, the U.S. Gross Domestic Product slowed to a 
disappointing 2 percent, and real disposable income decreased 5.6 
percent, that is after already having decreased 30.2 percent in the 
second quarter.
  On top of all this, inflation has increased every month since Joe 
Biden was sworn in and prices are at a 13-year high. Gas alone is now 
averaging $3.39 a gallon--a 7-year high. With prices rising across the 
board, the average family is spending $175 dollars more a month on 
food, fuel, and housing in Biden's America. That is more than $2,000 a 
year.

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  Job growth has slowed dramatically, and the September jobs report 
fell 300,000 jobs short of what economists are predicting. This is in 
addition to massive shortages that have wrought havoc on our supply 
chain and left a record number of container ships waiting to enter our 
ports.

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