[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 199 (Tuesday, November 16, 2021)]
[House]
[Pages H6276-H6277]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                SPENDING TRILLIONS WILL WORSEN INFLATION

  (Mr. BERGMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BERGMAN. Mr. Speaker, in Michigan's First District, we are 
hunkering down for the usual long but beautiful winter season. We enjoy 
it, and we prepare for it.
  This year, that preparation is much more complicated. The supply 
chain crisis, labor shortages, and inflation have made our gas and 
groceries that much more expensive at a time when we can't necessarily 
afford it at that working-family level.
  In my district, we are truly feeling the negative impacts of this 
administration's failed policies. The White

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House and congressional Democrats seem to be living in a different 
reality, telling us that the President's agenda ``will not add to 
inflationary pressure.''
  Mr. Speaker, the real risk here would be passing the Democrat's 
multitrillion-dollar tax and spend package. My colleagues in the House 
seem to be turning a blind eye to what Americans are actually 
experiencing.
  Make no mistake, spending trillions, while punishing the middle class 
and job creators, will make inflation worse.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge all of my colleagues to oppose this legislation.

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