[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 110 (Thursday, June 26, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H2997]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         AMERICA IN DECLINE UNDER REPUBLICAN ECONOMIC POLICIES

  (Mr. LIEU asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LIEU. Mr. Speaker, under the economic policies of Donald Trump 
and Republicans, America is now in decline. For the first time in 3 
years, we have negative GDP growth. That means our economy actually 
shrank this year.
  It takes a special kind of stupid to take 12 consecutive quarters of 
positive economic growth and make it go negative. We also know 
inflation has increased, and Trump Republicans want to make it worse. 
They want to pass the big, ugly bill that is going to cut off 
healthcare for over 16 million Americans, all in service of massive tax 
breaks to billionaires.
  Tell them to take their heads out of the sand and stop harming the 
American people. Trump and Republicans should be working for the 
American people, not for billionaires.

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