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The Biden Crises

Floor Speech

Date: Feb. 2, 2022
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for leading the Special Order.

Madam Speaker, President Biden is devastating Pennsylvania families. One year into Joe Biden's Presidency, Pennsylvania voters are concerned about the highest inflation in over 39 years, decreasing real wages, and a supply chain in crisis.

Rising prices are causing families in Pennsylvania to shell out an average of $3,500 extra a year just to maintain their same standard of living. It is an inflation tax that disproportionately hurts lower income households.

The supply chain issue fueled by Joe Biden's inaction is affecting Pennsylvanians in every corner of the State. Even Vice President Kamala Harris admitted that these crises are ``a big issue for western Pennsylvania, throughout the Nation, and actually a global issue.''

Madam Speaker, Joe Biden and Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf's policies are wreaking havoc on Pennsylvania families and on families across America. Their authoritarian mandates have created a labor shortage that is wreaking havoc on Pennsylvania's economy.

Pennsylvania is in the bottom half of States for the percentage of lost jobs recovered from the coronavirus pandemic. As of the latest Pennsylvania State unemployment report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Pennsylvania's unemployment rate was 5.4 percent. Forty States have an unemployment rate equal to or lower than Pennsylvania.

December's Consumer Price Index rose by 7 percent compared to last year. This is the largest annual increase in over 39 years. In the mid- Atlantic region, prices rose by 5.8 percent, and Pennsylvania families and workers are feeling the squeeze of inflation.

Madam Speaker, Pennsylvania families and families in this great Nation deserve better, and it is not like better is out of reach. What I just shared with you are the statistics provided by the government's own government agencies. It is just an honest evaluation of the failed policy of the Democrat Members of this Congress and of President Joe Biden.

Once again, American families and Pennsylvania families deserve better.

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