[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 126 (Thursday, July 28, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H7264]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          STATE OF THE ECONOMY

  (Mr. Moolenaar asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MOOLENAAR. Madam Speaker, this morning, the Commerce Department 
announced that the economy shrank for the second quarter in a row. This 
means that under President Biden, we are now in a recession. And yet, 
the House is not acting responsibly to help the American people.
  The Biden administration's policies have led our country into one 
crisis after another: Inflation, high gas prices, soaring grocery 
prices, supply chain problems, recession, children left behind in 
school, a record number of deaths from overdoses, vaccine mandates, and 
people quitting the workforce, and an overrun southern border with 
500,000 people known to have gotten away in the past 10 months.
  Meanwhile, House Democrats have focused on extreme policies, allowing 
abortion up to the moment of birth, forcing taxpayers to pay for 
abortions, and attacking the due process and Second Amendment rights of 
the American people.
  None of these policies will help hurting Michigan families and 
seniors who are paying an extra $729 a month because of Biden's record 
inflation.
  When Republicans led the House, we had low inflation, affordable 
energy, and a strong economy.

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