The Impact of Inflation

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Mr. HILL. Madam Speaker, I appreciate my 5 minutes for 1 hour under the House rules, which I don't believe is very helpful to my colleagues.

So let me begin that we are here to talk about inflation and the impact of inflation on our constituents.

I will start out briefly and talk about Melissa from Adona, Arkansas. She says: It is severely impacting us, with gas and grocery prices so high that we couldn't make our $300 car payment last month because my husband had four doctor visits to make. We have to do without air conditioning unless it gets above 97 degrees. Our grandkids come over and say: We thought y'all bought groceries. And we tell them we did, but that is all we could get. My husband is a disabled veteran, and we could barely make it before. With the rise in prices, we just have faith in the Lord that we can meet our needs.

Madam Speaker, that is Melissa from Adona, Arkansas.

All of our constituents are suffering.

Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Barr) to talk about the impact of inflation in his district.

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Mr. HILL. Madam Speaker, I thank my friend from Kentucky for his strong words.

While Mr. Donalds is coming forward, I got a note from Ron in Little Rock. He is a 100 percent disabled veteran. He is not eating well. He is not able to go places because of the cost of gas in this country. He has to conserve his gas money in order to go to the VA for his primary care.

Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Donalds), my friend from Florida's 19th Congressional District.

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Mr. HILL. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from California (Mrs. Kim), who will tell us how inflation is impacting her constituents.

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