[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 100 (Monday, June 13, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H5449]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    CELEBRATING NATIONAL DAIRY MONTH

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Joyce) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, as we celebrate National 
Dairy Month this June and recognize the incredible work that is done by 
small dairy farms in Pennsylvania, I am reminded of the words written 
by Rick Harvey: ``And on the eighth day, God looked down on his planned 
paradise and said, `I need a caretaker.' So God made a farmer. God 
said, `I need somebody willing to get up before dawn, milk cows, work 
all day in the fields, milk cows again . . . then go to town and stay 
up past midnight at a meeting of the school board.' So God made a 
farmer.''
  In Congress, I am proud to represent the incredible dairy farmers of 
Pennsylvania's 13th Congressional District who operate our farms and 
work to provide the milk, the butter, the yogurt, and the ice cream 
that Americans eat each and every day.
  As a doctor, I have seen firsthand the advantages that providing 
whole milk has for our Nation's young people. The nutrients, the 
vitamins, that milk provides are essential to the development of 
healthy brain tissue, healthy bones, and healthy muscles. That is why 
it is so important that we once again have whole milk back in schools 
in the cafeterias so our students can have this each and every day.
  This June, as we celebrate National Dairy Month, let's remember and 
let's thank our farmers who do so much to support our health, our 
nutrition, our Nation, and each and every one of us.


                         Stop Runaway Spending

  Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, right now, American families 
are facing higher prices and supply chain shortages in our Nation's 
grocery stores.
  Right now, the cost of beef is up 10 percent from last year. The cost 
of bacon is up 15 percent. The cost of oranges is up 16 percent. 
Chicken is up 19 percent. The cost of eggs is up more than 30 percent.
  Last week, I spoke to a mother in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, who told 
me that she was still unable to find baby food on store shelves. When 
she could, that price had shot up nearly 15 percent.
  These price hikes are unsustainable, and as prices are rising faster 
than wages, families doing their grocery shopping are forced to make 
hard decisions about what they can buy and what they can provide for 
their families.
  Inflation is a tax on all Americans, and the skyrocketing costs that 
we are seeing right now are a direct result of President Biden's failed 
policies, policies that pumped trillions of dollars into our economy 
without a second thought about what that money would do to Pennsylvania 
families in my district.
  It is time to stop this runaway spending, and it is time to get our 
economy moving once again.

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