[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 22, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H1308]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           AMERICAN FAMILIES

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, as revealed by The Wall 
Street Journal on March 10:

       The Pentagon's budget request seems large, but the figure 
     is only a 3.2 percent increase, and with inflation at 6 
     percent it means a decline in buying power. Compare the 
     growth to the double-digit increases for domestic accounts: 
     19 percent for the Environmental Protection Agency; 13.6 for 
     both Education and Energy Departments; 11.5 percent for 
     Health and Human Services.
       Defense in 2022 was only 3 percent of GDP, down from 6 
     percent during the Cold War, even though America's challenges 
     today are more numerous and acute.
       Mr. Biden's largest failure is promising his budget will 
     keep America safe instead of leveling with the public about 
     the threats.

  We should have a return of bipartisan support for defending American 
families.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops who successfully protected 
America for 20 years as the Global War on Terrorism continues moving 
from Afghanistan to the safe haven of America.
  Thank you to the Prime Minister of Japan, Fumio Kishida, for the 
courage to visit Kyiv, Ukraine, this week as the democracies unite 
against war criminal Putin.

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