Providing for Consideration of H.R. Limit, Save, Grow Act of and Providing for Consideration of H.J. Res. Disapproving the Rule Submitted By the Department of Commerce Relating to ``Procedures Covering Suspension of Liquidation, Duties and Estimated Duties in Accord with Presidential Proclamation
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Mr. LANGWORTHY. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the rule, which provides consideration of the Limit, Save, Grow Act. It is a bill that is critical to our country's economic future.
President Biden characterized the Limit, Save, Grow Act as ``irresponsible,'' that this commonsense legislation was really asking hardworking Americans, seniors, and children to shoulder an enormous new burden. The only thing irresponsible would be to do nothing.
If we want to talk about a burden on the backs of hardworking Americans, then let's actually talk about it. Let's dig into it.
Let's talk about how folks in my home State of New York had to pay as much as 40 percent more this winter just to heat their homes while the Biden administration halted new pipeline construction and new exploration, and they brought the approval of new oil and gas infrastructure to a standstill.
Let's talk about how seniors in rural communities across my district living on fixed incomes can now afford less in an inflation-ridden economy where the basic cost of goods and groceries has exploded and crushed their budgets.
Let's talk about the $80 billion for the IRS to supply an army of new bureaucrats ready to rain down audit after audit onto middle-class families and small, mom-and-pop business owners.
These are the burdens shouldered by the American people for the trillions of dollars in spending that Democrats have foisted onto their backs and onto the backs of our children and grandchildren.
Mr. Speaker, if we care about the future that we would like to leave our children and grandchildren, a future that isn't crushed by debt, inflation, and paying the price for today's excesses, then we should have no problem in supporting this critical step forward.
I strongly support the Limit, Save, Grow Act, a bill that saves hardworking Americans from continuing to shoulder the burden of Democrats' destructive spending policies.
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