[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 112 (Monday, July 8, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H4459]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     INFLATION TAXES ALL AMERICANS

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Joyce) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, in the 3\1/2\ years since 
President Biden first took office, our country has seen inflation grow 
by over 20 percent.
  By failing to control runaway prices that have seen the cost of 
gasoline spike by 50 percent and the cost of groceries rise by over 20 
percent, President Biden has failed the American people.
  Instead of addressing the fact that the average family is now paying 
an additional $1,000 a month to afford the basics, President Biden has 
canceled student loan debt, increased government spending, and mandated 
Green New Deal initiatives that only drive costs higher and higher.
  This inflation is simply a tax on every American. As a result, real 
wages have fallen by nearly 4 percent since 2021.
  Throughout his Presidency, while Americans have been forced to use 
their savings just to make ends meet, President Biden has been asleep 
at the wheel. The American people deserve a President who will once 
again put their needs first. It is time to rein in the wasteful 
spending of the Biden administration and return to the fiscal restraint 
that we saw under President Trump.


                     Enhance Our Election Security

  Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, this past week, as we 
celebrated the Fourth of July, we recognized the 248th anniversary of 
declaring that we could govern ourselves.
  As American citizens, it is our right to elect our representatives at 
every level of government. In recent years, however, we have seen 
States and localities permit noncitizens to register and vote in U.S. 
elections. Allowing this to occur directly undermines the sanctity of 
our elections.
  It is time to confront and address this issue by passing the 
Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, which would ensure that 
anyone registering to vote provides proof of U.S. citizenship.
  Further, this legislation would provide States with access to 
existing Federal databases, giving them the tools that they need to 
clean up voter registration rolls and remove non-U.S. citizens.
  Let's make this clear: Only eligible U.S. citizens should vote in 
each and every American election. It is time to enhance our election 
security, and it is time to put a stop to noncitizens voting in U.S. 
elections.

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