[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 8, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H769]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                RESPONDING TO STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS

  (Mr. SANTOS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. SANTOS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in response to Biden's State of 
the Union Address.
  As a reminder, I do not wish failure upon any sitting President. 
Whether it is a Republican or Democrat, their success is our success, 
and when we wish for their failure, then the Nation fails.
  We have had 2 years of one-party rule in the White House, in the 
Senate, and in the House. In those 2 very short years, we watched our 
thriving economy steer in the opposite direction.
  American households cannot afford food and gas. Our wages are failing 
to keep up with inflation that continues to increase.
  Since the President took office, we as a Nation watched the average 
gas price go from $2.39 to our current average of $3.45. However, on 
day one of Biden's Presidency, he killed the Keystone XL pipeline, 
which could have been supplying 830,000 barrels per day from Canada to 
U.S. refineries, and depleted our Strategic Petroleum Reserve to its 
lowest level since 1984.
  Another item that President Biden failed to address was the 
catastrophic withdrawal from Afghanistan. As a result, 13 brave 
servicemembers lost their lives, and the Taliban have now taken back 
control of Afghanistan.

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