[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 83 (Friday, May 15, 2026)]
[House]
[Page H3536]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               ON CARING

  (Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, ``I don't think about 
Americans' financial situation at all . . . I don't think about anybody 
. . .''
  Madam Speaker, over the past too many years, I have found it 
important to point out our leaders' failures to tell the truth. This 
week I heard something different, though no less troubling. I heard the 
truth.
  On his way to China this week, the President said he does not care 
about Americans' financial situation, while back home, inflation is 
surging.
  Gas in my home of Montgomery, Pennsylvania, has skyrocketed to $4.69 
per gallon. Diesel is even higher, farmers input costs soaring. 
Groceries, utilities, rent, and all sorts of goods are all up.
  Through his illegal tariffs, grotesque immigration policies, and now 
a reckless $30 billion-to-date, poorly thought out, deadly war with 
Iran, everything costs more.
  The President does not care, and now he wants American taxpayers to 
fund his billion-dollar golden ballroom. Congressional Republicans 
somehow champion it.
  Madam Speaker, the President may not think about lowering costs. He 
may not care, but I do.

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