[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 213 (Thursday, December 9, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H7560]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   EFFECTS OF CORONAVIRUS ON ECONOMY

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COHEN. Madam Speaker, the President has done an excellent job on 
trying to address our economic problems, and one of the main reasons we 
have economic problems is because of the coronavirus.
  The President has an excellent vaccination program that the 
Republicans, unfortunately, are fighting. As people have experienced 
the pandemic, they have been less willing to go out and engage in 
commerce and travel and had to reduce some of their business 
activities. This has hurt the supply chain and hurt our economy. So the 
President's vaccine plan is also an economic plan.
  Republicans in the Senate led an effort to cancel all the vaccination 
programs that the President has to protect us, to keep us healthy, and 
to move our economy forward. That is unfortunate. We need to support 
these vaccination plans, and we need to support the President in these 
efforts.
  Inflation has been a problem. The President has released some oil 
from the reserve to help deal with gas prices. Gas prices are going 
down, and they will go down naturally.

  One of the great reasons why inflation has increased is because of 
used car prices. You have to think about when used car prices go up, 
Madam Speaker, somebody is selling that used car, and they are getting 
more money to put in their pocket. Things are getting better.
  God bless New Mexico.

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