[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 208 (Thursday, December 2, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H6864]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                WE MUST RESTORE AMERICAN COMPETITIVENESS

  (Mr. BILIRAKIS asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BILIRAKIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today because I refuse to stand by 
and watch as America's ability to ensure the safe and efficient 
movement of goods, people, and services throughout our transportation 
network continues to be diluted. Our priority focus right now should be 
strengthening our Nation's economy and increasing our global 
competitiveness.
  The policies of this President and Democratic Party leaders in 
Congress are exacerbating or simply ignoring the underlying supply 
chain crisis. These policies include the mishandling of the COVID 
response in ways that are prolonging unemployment and worker shortages 
across the economy and pushing for a multitrillion-dollar spending 
spree that is driving up prices of everything from gas to groceries.
  Mr. Speaker, these efforts only serve to weaken American 
competitiveness and shrink our economy.

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