[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 152 (Wednesday, September 21, 2022)]
[House]
[Pages H8015-H8016]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          RECOGNIZING 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF FINCASTLE, VIRGINIA

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Virginia (Mr. Cline) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. CLINE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 250th 
anniversary of Fincastle, Virginia.
  In 1772, western-moving settlers John Mill and Israel Christian 
founded the town of Fincastle, and by 1784 there were 59 homes as well 
as taverns and the early formation of a justice system.
  Once Virginia's gateway to the West, Fincastle is the county seat of 
Botetourt, which once extended to the Mississippi River. Meriweather 
Lewis and William Clark visited Fincastle during their great expedition 
into the West. William returned to Fincastle and married Julia Hancock 
in 1808 in the historic home, Santillane. The town has been nationally 
recognized as a Lewis and Clark community.
  Passing settlers stopped in Fincastle on their way into the interior 
of what would become the United States, conducting business and buying 
goods from the merchants in town.
  Today, Fincastle proudly maintains its heritage and history.
  Their version of the Botetourt County Courthouse, designed by 
President Thomas Jefferson, is located in Fincastle and contains 
records going back hundreds of years.
  Fincastle's annual Historic Fincastle Festival will be a bit more 
special this year, celebrating the town's 250th anniversary, and being 
held this weekend.
  Mr. Speaker, I am proud to represent this historic town, a bedrock of 
the oldest colony and the great Commonwealth of Virginia.


                         biden's radical agenda

  Mr. CLINE. Mr. Speaker, I rise to criticize President Biden and House 
Democrats in Washington for turning their backs on hardworking 
families.
  Month after month, they have continued to advance a radical agenda 
that has crushed the American Dream.
  Grocery costs are up 13\1/2\ percent, electricity costs are up 15\1/
2\ percent, fuel oil costs are up nearly 70 percent. Everything has 
gone up since this failed President took office. Why? Because Biden and 
the Democrats are obsessed with spending taxpayer dollars and pushing 
Socialist Green New Deal policies.
  Last week, after yet another inflation report showed that prices were 
up again, Joe Biden and the Democrats threw a party at the White House. 
To add insult to injury, on his recent interview on ``60 Minutes,'' 
President Biden had zero remorse for the devastating effects of his 
raging inflation crisis.
  He continues to claim that the economy is great and that tons of jobs 
are being created. That is a lie. Here is what he is not telling you. 
Full-time jobs are way down, and it is only part-time jobs that are 
growing.
  Biden and Democrats have sent a clear message that they don't care 
about American families. There is one solution to this problem: Stop 
reckless government spending. Virginia families are sick and tired of 
paying the price for Biden's radical agenda.
  When Republicans retake the majority next year, we will end this 
inflation-fueled spending, fix this broken economy, and deliver power 
back to the American people.

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  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded to refrain from 
engaging in personalities toward the President.

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