[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 116 (Thursday, July 14, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H6514]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          WASHINGTON DEMOCRATS ARE FUELING THE ECONOMIC CRISIS

  (Mr. SMITH of Missouri asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, as families are forced to make 
tough financial decisions every day because of sky-high inflation, 
Washington Democrats are fueling the economic crisis by spending 
hundreds of billions of dollars to advance their radical agenda.
  But that is just the spending they are trying to pass through 
Congress. President Biden is using executive actions to secretly put 
his radical agenda in place, footing taxpayers with a $532 billion bill 
without any input of Congress.
  He spent $85 billion to continue a pandemic-era student loan payment 
moratorium benefiting higher-income earners. He put $11 billion down 
the drain by eliminating strengthened work requirements to SNAP for 
able-bodied adults without dependents.
  Instead of spending half a trillion dollars on things like reducing 
work incentives and giving handouts to the wealthy, President Biden 
needs to get serious about solving the significant challenges facing 
our Nation.

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