Congressional Record, House, January 19, 2022 — Highlighting Issues With the Biden Administration
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Congressional Record, House, January 19, 2022 (beginning at page H240). Johnson of Louisiana, as designee of the minority leader, takes 60 minutes under the heading Highlighting Issues With the Biden Administration and yields to Van Drew, Walorski, Babin, Burchett, Pfluger, Grothman and Stauber. Johnson cites a Politico poll in which 37 percent of Americans gave the President an F. Walorski speaks on the 49-year anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, and Pfluger raises the energy crisis, Ukraine and Nord Stream. The page ends with remarks on a January 9 fire at Twin Parks North West, where more than 200 firefighters worked to extinguish the fires.
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H240 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE January 19, 2022
HIGHLIGHTING ISSUES WITH THE How many more innocent women and Mr. VAN DREW. Madam Speaker, I
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION children need to be assaulted, raped, thank the gentleman for yielding and
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. and trafficked? thank him for his leadership.
ROSS). Under the Speaker’s announced How many more Americans need to The President’s most important job
policy of January 4, 2021, the gen- overdose on Chinese fentanyl that is is to lead, to lead and protect our coun-
tleman from Louisiana (Mr. JOHNSON) being smuggled across the border? try. Yet time and again, all we have
How many more terrorists need to be seen from President Biden is a failure
is recognized for 60 minutes as the des-
caught trying to infiltrate our Nation? to lead.
ignee of the minority leader.
What level of threat do we need to Biden’s handling of Afghanistan led
GENERAL LEAVE
reach to finally garner some action to the death of 13 American service-
Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Madam from this President? members and left hundreds more aban-
Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that Americans are tired of paying for doned. This was a failure to lead.
all Members have 5 legislative days to this administration’s ignorance and po- Biden’s handling of the border has
revise and extend their remarks and in- litical games. been a disaster with more than two
clude extraneous material on the sub- This is a new year, Mr. President. million illegal immigrants being appre-
ject of my Special Order. Use it wisely. hended at our border. This was a fail-
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there It is past time that you live up to the ure to lead.
objection to the request of the gen- oath that you swore.
tleman from Louisiana? Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Madam b 1415
There was no objection. Speaker, there are so many crises it is Biden failed to shut down COVID–19
Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Madam hard for us to keep count. and has allowed more Americans to die
Speaker, we may be starting a new I yield to my dear friend from the from this disease, despite widespread
year, but so far the problems remain State of Indiana (Mrs. WALORSKI). access to vaccines. This was a failure
the same. This week marks the 1-year Mrs. WALORSKI. Madam Speaker, I to lead.
anniversary of Joe Biden being sworn thank my friend for yielding. Inflation is at a 40-year high; supply
in as President of the United States, This week, our Nation is marking a chains are crippled; and labor short-
and, of course, also the 1-year anniver- solemn anniversary, 49 years since the ages have hindered an economic recov-
sary of one-party, far-left Democrat deadly Roe v. Wade decision. ery. This has been a failure to lead.
rule in Washington. For nearly half a century, pro-life Soft-on-crime policy has resulted in
This past year was one of unprece- Americans have been standing strong 16 of America’s largest cities suffering
dented crises as a direct result. The to defend precious human life and the from new highs in homicide rates and a
American people face an economic cri- most vulnerable among us. 115 percent increase in attacks against
sis, an energy crisis, a border crisis, an Right now we are facing some tough our law enforcement officials, all while
education crisis, a crime crisis, a challenges. Under the current one- President Biden and House Democrats
COVID–19 crisis, and a national secu- party rule in Washington, Americans demand to defund our police. This has
rity crisis as a direct result of Joe are witnessing unprecedented attacks been a failure to lead.
Biden and congressional Democrats’ on pro-life protections across the coun- This is not the America I know. The
failed leadership and their far-left so- try. America I know is strong, and it de-
cialist agenda. Time and time again, I have come to
serves a strong leader, not the worst
In this hour, a cross-section of my this floor to oppose Democrats’ radical
President in our history, not one that
Republican colleagues will address and antilife agenda.
As many times as it takes, I will continues time and again to fail to
highlight these issues as we stand for lead.
stand here to reject the attacks on life,
the opposite policies, and we are very Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Madam
and I will vote ‘‘no’’ on taxpayer-fund-
anxious to be returned to the majority Speaker, I thank the gentleman. Those
ed services, including the wicked pro-
so that we can solve these ongoing di- are not just Republican talking points.
posal to permit abortion on demand at
lemmas. Politico had a story this morning.
any time bankrolled by the American
Madam Speaker, I am delighted to They asked Americans in a nationwide
people.
yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. poll to give the President a letter
These are dark days in this country.
BABIN). At the same time we have so much to grade, and 37 percent of Americans
Mr. BABIN. Madam Speaker, I thank be happy and hopeful for as we look at gave him an F—85 percent or more of
the gentleman, my good friend right this new year. Republicans, but also, they say, an
across the Sabine River, for yielding. The Supreme Court, including my alarming number of Democrats gave a
No President has ever had a worse fellow Hoosier, Justice Amy Coney D or an F grade.
first year in office than Joe Biden. Barrett, is currently considering the So the gentleman is exactly right. It
And sadly, his deteriorating 42 per- most significant challenge to Roe v. is a failure. An F-minus, says Mr. VAN
cent approval rating perfectly mirrors Wade since 1973. DREW.
the deteriorating state of our country. This could be the final anniversary Madam Speaker, I yield to my good
We are facing crises on nearly every that we mark under Roe v. Wade. friend from the State of Tennessee (Mr.
front, and our Commander in Chief For five decades, we have been in a BURCHETT).
who, by the way, is responsible for cre- long battle against abortion, and this Mr. BURCHETT. Madam Speaker, I
ating each and every one of these cri- is the time to restore the dignity of life thank the chairman. It is the great
ses, is doing absolutely nothing to stop and protect life once and for all. State of Tennessee.
them. As a pro-life lawmaker, I am proud to Madam Speaker, for the last year,
However, the most threatening of stand alongside millions of Americans Joe Biden and the Democrats have
these concerns is still the unmitigated in Indiana and across the country who completely controlled our government
disaster that is raging on our southern believe in the inherent value of life. in Washington. Their first order of
border. Our enduring commitment to life and business when they took power was to
More than 1.7 million illegal alien ap- the truth will prevail. ram through Congress almost $2 tril-
prehensions happened under Biden’s Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Madam lion in Federal spending under the so-
watch last year, and those were just Speaker, the gentlewoman is right, the called American Rescue Plan.
the ones that we caught. sanctity of human life is one of the When this bill became law last
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Instead of securing our borders, this central principles that this country is March, Democrats said it was nec-
administration spent all of 2021 sweep- founded upon, and it does get darkest essary to fight the coronavirus. Ten
ing the rule of law under the rug and before the dawn. There is hope on the months later, our country is still deal-
using the cover of darkness to fly thou- horizon. ing with the same problems Democrats
sands of unvetted and untested for Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen- claimed their bill would solve.
COVID illegal aliens across the country tleman from New Jersey (Mr. VAN COVID tests are sold out at drug-
to be released into our neighborhoods. DREW). stores, and testing centers have
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hourlong lines. Not even KAMALA HAR- When you look at this poster right Madam Speaker, over the past year, I
RIS can give a straight answer about here, look at the energy crisis that we spent time throughout Utah’s Fourth
when Americans will receive at-home are dealing with, and Ukraine right District. I have heard from Utahns
test kits. Is it this week? Is it next now is in the midst of not knowing from all walks of life, and month after
week? Is it sometime in the future? I whether or not they are going to be in- month, they have shared the same con-
don’t think she knows. vaded by the Russians. What a terrible cerns: soaring inflation, skyrocketing
We have overwhelmed hospitals that position to be in. prices, and decreasing wages.
are struggling to treat patients due to The President has green-lighted Nord That is no surprise because gas is up
staffing shortages. Corrupt teachers’ Stream. He failed to sanction the Nord 49.6 percent. Used cars are up 37.3 per-
unions are forcing students out of the Stream pipeline. The energy crisis that cent. Gas utilities are up 24.1 percent.
classroom and bullying parents. Busi- is going on in Eastern Europe right Meat, fish, and eggs are up 12.5 percent.
nesses of all sizes and across industries now, the fact that we are not strong Electricity is up 6.3 percent.
cannot find enough workers to keep up around the world in our messaging to On top of this, as real wages have de-
with the demand. deter our enemies and to help our al- creased 8 out of the last 11 months, our
Madam Speaker, the American Res- lies, is directly leading to this issue economy is still missing millions of
cue Plan failed miserably to address or that we see in Ukraine right now. And prepandemic jobs, and employers are
prevent these issues. That is because it do you know who is watching? China. continuing to struggle with persistent
mostly focused on funding liberal spe- China is watching this, and they are labor shortages.
cial interests instead of targeted pan- wondering whether or not Taiwan is What is this administration doing to
demic relief. going to be next. help? You can’t make this up: dis-
This whole debacle confirmed two We have to get back to a strong, firm missing inflation as high-class prob-
things: Congress cannot spend its way understanding of law and order, the lems and transitory; adding to the na-
out of a problem, and Democrats will same discussion that we just had on tional debt with money we don’t have
always use a crisis to advance their po- the border crisis. We have to reassert on programs we don’t need; and, just
litical agenda. our leadership to make sure that our last week, advocating to nuke a fili-
Joe Biden promised to shut down the buster the President defended for dec-
country, the greatest Nation that this
coronavirus when he took office. One ades to push through a radical Federal
world has ever known, will choose to
year later, all he shut down were takeover of all elections.
follow law and order.
America’s hospitals and businesses. Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Madam Our economy should be thriving right
Thank you, Vice Chairman JOHNSON,
Speaker, I thank my friend for that now, but inaction, on purpose, by this
for your adequate and more-than-lack-
keen insight that he gained faithfully administration has massively increased
luster leadership skills.
Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Madam serving our country in the military. I our national debt, which still sits at
Speaker, I thank the gentleman for thank him for his service. $29 trillion, by the way; stifled growth;
keeping me humble. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen- and financially crippled American fam-
Madam Speaker, we have just come tleman from Minnesota (Mr. STAUBER), ilies and small businesses.
straight to the floor from a Members another gentleman who has served us We are closing out the first year of
and media roundtable on the border so well on the front lines of law en- Biden’s Presidency with the worst in-
and crime crises, and he led that so forcement before he got to Congress. flation of 40 years; open borders;
ably. I am delighted to hear what he Mr. STAUBER. Madam Speaker, I emboldened adversaries; a botched
has to say in his 2 minutes. could speak for hours about this ad- withdrawal from Afghanistan; and a re-
Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen- ministration’s multiple failures over peated push to increase the size, scope,
tleman from the great State of Texas the last year, but I only have a couple and reach of the Federal Government.
(Mr. PFLUGER). of minutes, so I will cover just infla- This year, I encourage President
Mr. PFLUGER. Madam Speaker, I tion, one of them. Biden to start paying attention to the
thank the gentleman from Louisiana Since Joe Biden took office, inflation real needs of real Americans. Maybe
for yielding. has risen every single month. Ameri- then we will start seeing real results.
Madam Speaker, it is hard to pick cans are paying more for just about ev- Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Madam
the crisis to talk about because there erything while earning less in every Speaker, I thank my friend. So well
are so many. I would like to talk about paycheck. said, as always. I think one of the key
unity. This is not sustainable, and it didn’t words you said was purposeful. These
I was at the inauguration last year. I have to be this way. This administra- crises are not happenstance. These are
heard the President’s speech. I heard tion is so out of touch with the average direct results of policy choices.
him campaign. His message was cen- American that despite inflation reach- Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen-
tered on restoring unity to an angry ing a 40-year high, they are still push- tleman from Wisconsin (Mr.
Nation. He promised to bring us to- ing for more reckless spending that GROTHMAN), my good friend.
gether. will only make this crisis worse. Mr. GROTHMAN. Madam Speaker, so
Well, he has brought the American American families are paying sub- many areas to pick from in which we
people together, that is for sure, be- stantially more for everyday products, talk about the first year of this admin-
cause everyone now understands the from gasoline to groceries and to en- istration.
full magnitude of the crises that we are ergy for heating their homes this win- No country can exist if you don’t
going through. He has united the coun- ter, to heat their homes in northern have immigration laws, and I can’t
try in that fact alone. Minnesota when it is 30-below for a think of anywhere where the new ad-
One year ago, I want everyone to re- week straight. ministration is more of a change from
member, we were not experiencing the Make no mistake, inflation is a tax the old.
inflation that we are, the highest rate on us all, especially our working class We have gone through a situation in
in 40 years. We did not have foreign ad- and those on fixed incomes. It is no se- which about 25,000 people every year
versaries who were treading over our cret that we live in a very polarized na- crossed our southern border, and now
policies and looking at us as weak. tion right now, but there is one thing a routinely over 75,000, tripling the
Right now, we have a border that is strong majority of Americans agree on: amount of people who have come
in complete chaos and complete crisis. Joe Biden’s first year in office has been across our border.
It has only been 1 year under President disastrous to the American people. We That has received a lot of attention,
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Biden’s reign, and our Nation is direc- deserve better. but not enough attention has been re-
tionless from the masthead in the Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Madam ceived for the lack of people being
midst of chaos, not to mention that Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from pushed back across the border if they
our international reputation and our Utah (Mr. OWENS). are caught here breaking crimes or
influence have been squandered Mr. OWENS. Madam Speaker, I otherwise.
through policy failure after policy fail- thank my good friend from Louisiana In the first 6 months of 2020, about
ure. for his great leadership. 93,000 people were kicked out. This
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time around, it is about 18,000. So we This, of course, ripples through every- Instead of addressing these issues,
have about another 70,000 people who thing else in costs. President Biden had doubled down on
we don’t want in this country, pri- In my real life as a farmer, we are his far-left socialist policies, out-of-
marily because they have broken the going to see our costs of energy— control spending, and incompetence. It
law. Under the Biden administration, whether it is diesel fuel, gasoline, fer- is past time for a change. America de-
we don’t kick them out. tilizer—skyrocket. That is either going serves better. They need leadership
We have to also look at the carrot to have to be passed along to the con- that listens and fights for hardworking
that they are giving people to come sumer at the store or farmers go broke families, not against them.
here in the Build Back Better bill, try- in this country. Small business owners Madam Speaker, I am proud to help
ing to give free college education to face the same thing. lead the fight alongside my fellow Re-
people who come here illegally. Every Everything is going up—more in publicans to reverse course by
Democrat but one in this body voted costs, vaccine mandates, less employ- unleashing our economy, securing our
for it, saying: Yes, absolutely. We not ees. I mean, I wish we could paint a border, respecting parents, defending
only want people to come here ille- brighter picture and not have it appear life and our foundational values, and
gally, but we will give them free col- to be a partisan one. It really isn’t par- providing for the common defense.
lege education, free medical care. tisan. It is about having success as a On this one-year anniversary com-
Unbelievable. country. memorating the misery of the Biden
Showing that the number one pri- Unfortunately, the Biden administra- administration, we commit ourselves
ority is to get people here illegally, tion doesn’t seem to have a clue what to never stop fighting for what is right,
they are not even giving tests for that success would look like. Indeed, to work harder than ever, and to never
COVID, which says something or other. they are chasing their own mandates, give up. America is depending on us.
I mean, on the one hand, it is impor- putting us in a terrible position as a Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Madam
tant that everybody even get a shot if people and for the economy going for- Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from
they are hanging around Washington, ward. They need to change their think- Georgia (Mr. CLYDE), home of the new
D.C., but if you are coming across the ing, or the voters need to change them national championship football team.
southern border, we don’t care. Unbe- out. Mr. CLYDE. Madam Speaker, tomor-
lievable. Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Madam row marks the one-year anniversary of
Quite a change in America compared Speaker, I thank my friend. It is not President Biden’s inauguration. Many
to what it used to be, and it is going to partisanship. We are sharing the facts. Americans have now endured 365 days
take a lot of work when we get a new He is exactly right. of an absent administration, 52 weeks
President to undo the huge amount of I would encourage my colleagues— of policy failures, 12 months of utter
damage that has been done to the fab- there are so many who want to speak, turmoil, and a year of constant, crip-
ric of this country in the first 12 and it is a target-rich environment pling crises.
months of Joe Biden. with so many crises. We are going to Earlier today a Rasmussen Poll re-
Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Madam try to stick to 2 minutes on these vealed that 60 percent of the country
Speaker, I thank my friend. It is so yields. considers the President’s first year in
well said. It is as if they are Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen- office unsuccessful. Fifty percent said
incentivizing lawlessness. That is ex- tlewoman from Missouri (Mrs. it was very unsuccessful, with one
actly what we are seeing, and every- HARTZLER). third of Democrats believing Biden’s
body knows it. Mrs. HARTZLER. Madam Speaker, I first year was a failure. All of this has
Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen- thank the gentleman for yielding. contributed to his abysmal 33 percent
tleman from California (Mr. LAMALFA), Madam Speaker, tomorrow will mark rating, the lowest since Jimmy Carter.
my friend. 1 year since President Biden’s inau- Madam Speaker, in all sincerity, I
Mr. LAMALFA. Madam Speaker, I guration, and Americans are left ask- didn’t imagine this much damage could
thank my colleague, Mr. JOHNSON. I ap- ing: Are we better off under this ad- be done in just one year, but here we
preciate this Special Order. ministration? are, facing an economic crisis with
Of course, this week does mark the Judging by his all-time low approval hyperinflation, a supply chain crisis, a
first year of the Biden administration. ratings, the answer for Americans is a labor shortage crisis, a border crisis, a
Unfortunately, it was one of unprece- resounding no. Everywhere you look, national security crisis, an energy cri-
dented crisis. Indeed, it is a target-rich there is a crisis riddled with incom- sis with incredible gas prices, an edu-
environment for us to talk about here petence, division, and dysfunction. cation crisis, a COVID crisis, a crime
tonight. At our southern border, Biden has al- crisis, and an election integrity crisis
Democrats have controlled the exec- lowed nearly 2 million illegal immi- with Democrats trying to push through
utive branch and both Chambers of grants to enter our Nation, creating election reforms that would federalize
Congress, allowing them to pass, so far, the worst border crisis in 30 years. our election and eliminate voter ID.
$2 trillion out of their $9 trillion plans. In the classroom, Biden has targeted Ultimately, these all stem from a lead-
This act has also caused the highest in- parents and their role in education. His ership crisis in the White House, a
flation in decades, hitting the middle- administration even lobbied for them leadership crisis that has caused Amer-
class and lower income class hardest in to be called domestic terrorists. icans unnecessary hardship.
this country. Madam Speaker, as we enter the sec-
This year, under Democrat leader- b 1430 ond year of the Biden administration’s
ship, Americans are paying more for Madam Speaker, in our communities rule, the President has an important
just about everything, from housing, violent crime is at all-time highs. Last decision to make. Will he continue to
clothes, food, and gas—especially in en- year, the murder rate was higher than sidestep from the crises he has created,
ergy. On the way to the airport in Cali- at any point since 1996. destined to inflict more destruction?
fornia, it was $5-plus, $5.39 at one place. On the economy, Biden’s mishandling Or will he confront these crises head-on
Incredible. of our Federal Government has created and implement successful solutions?
In the dead of winter, people are see- the highest inflation rate in 40 years. Mr. President, the American people
ing the cost of heating their homes Bare shelves, high gas prices, and sup- demand successful solutions. They de-
skyrocket. When you stop all sorts of ply chain issues continue to dog this serve successful solutions.
development of energy in this country, administration. Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Madam
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you are not going to have the supply. On the world stage, Biden botched Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gen-
That sends a signal to the whole mar- our withdrawal from Afghanistan, sur- tleman from Tennessee (Mr. ROSE).
ket to raise prices, including the Biden rendering to the Taliban and making Mr. ROSE. Madam Speaker, Presi-
administration telling OPEC overseas America a laughingstock to our adver- dent Biden ran his campaign on a mes-
to go ahead and send us more while saries. All of this resulted in the deaths sage of unity. Since day one of his ad-
cutting off our own pipelines and fur- of 13 servicemembers, including one ministration, he has been defined by
ther development on Federal lands. from my home State of Missouri. the divisive policies that are the wrong
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approach for Tennessee families and I saw this crisis firsthand when I vis- Federal spending into our economy. At
workers. ited the southern border with my col- the time economists warned us that
In 2021, we saw cartels take control leagues, and I have led and supported doing so was dangerously inflationary.
of our southern border. We saw the legislative solutions in Congress to Unfortunately, those fears have come
worst inflation in decades. We saw Af- combat this crisis. It is disheartening to fruition.
ghanistan fall into the hands of terror- and unacceptable that President Biden The statistics for the month of De-
ists as we hastily and incompetently has neither visited the border to wit- cember show inflation at nearly 7 per-
withdrew our forces from the country, ness the crisis, nor has he proposed so- cent on an annualized basis. That is
leaving billions of dollars of modern lutions to control the unmanageable the highest rate of inflation in nearly
military equipment and hundreds of levels of border crossings and fentanyl 40 years. When inflation is caused
Americans and Afghan allies behind. trafficking. To say President Biden has through government action, as this
Finally, we saw abusive government under-delivered to the American people round of inflation clearly is, it rep-
overreach in the form of vaccine man- is beyond an understatement. resents an unseen tax that is paid by
dates taken to new heights. Madam Speaker, I say it again. This every American because it raises the
With President Biden in the White year has been a year of crisis under the prices of everything that we buy.
House and Democrats in control of leadership of President Biden. Equally alarming is the fact that real
Congress, Americans know 2022 will be Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Madam wage growth has not kept up with in-
no better. According to a recent Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gen- flation. In fact, the Department of
Momentive Poll, more than half of tleman from Florida (Mr. GIMENEZ), Labor says that for all of last year real
Americans are more fearful than hope- who we refer to as ‘‘The Chief.’’ wage growth was negative nearly 21⁄2
ful about what 2022 has in store for Mr. GIMENEZ. Madam Speaker, life percent. If we don’t correct this trend,
them and with good reason. has been hard for the American people it is going to result in an entire gen-
Just take a glimpse at the state of as President Biden concludes his first eration of Americans being driven to-
our economy. The Consumer Price year in office. Unfortunately, too many ward poverty because their wages are
Index rose 7 percent in December, the in this Chamber have bowed down to not keeping up with the prices that
highest rate seen since 1982. This comes the most radical fringes of the Demo- they pay for the goods that they need
on the heels of President Biden’s reck- cratic Party. to survive.
less spending agenda and senseless poli- The sad reality today is liberals in Madam Speaker, we need to get our
cies that have created a labor shortage; Congress have no clue what every day, fiscal house in order and correct this
led to a decline in real, personal in- hardworking Americans are going runaway Federal spending before our
come; raised costs of consumer goods, through. They care more about pushing children suffer the consequences.
gas, and home heating costs; and con- their radical agenda than helping Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Madam
tributed to the supply chain disrup-
working families. The result is more Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gen-
tions that are causing drastic short-
inflation, higher gas prices, unconsti- tlewoman from California (Mrs.
ages and bare shelves across America.
Madam Speaker, this is President tutional vaccine mandates, broken sup- STEEL).
ply chains, and Americans struggling Mrs. STEEL. Madam Speaker, this
Joe Biden’s version of America. It is
to make ends meet. administration’s failed policies have
costing Tennesseans more each day.
On our side of the aisle, Republicans led to record inflation and empty store
President Biden can try to talk around
it. He often refuses to talk about it at are committed to making sure we get shelves across the country. Inflation
all. The reality remains the same. His the American people back to work, en- just reached the highest level in 40
administration’s policies have been suring that small businesses can find years. At the same time basic goods
devastating to this Nation. More than employees to help keep their busi- are harder and harder to find at the
ever, Americans want America-first nesses open, making sure Americans stores thanks to the supply chain mess.
leadership. have uninterrupted access to goods, Every day we see a new story about
Madam Speaker, as we begin the first and getting our country roaring back things getting more expensive, life get-
days of 2022, I remain steadfast in my with a strong economy and safe com- ting harder for Americans. Hard-
commitment to focus on the needs of munities. Those are the issues that working families are sick and tired of
the good folks of Tennessee who I rep- Americans really care about. paying more and getting less.
resent, not the whims of the permanent Here in Washington, Republicans will Madam Speaker, I have produced
class of political elites in Washington use our congressional authority to hold three bills that would help fix the sup-
D.C. the Biden administration accountable ply chain crisis and ensure goods make
Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Madam for the Afghanistan debacle where we it to the stores and consumers. These
Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gen- don’t know how many Americans are issues are urgent, but there has been no
tleman from Wisconsin (Mr. FITZ- still left behind in Afghanistan, for movement on these bills. Meanwhile,
GERALD), another seasoned, very effec- choosing to wreck our energy sector, Democrats in Washington continue to
tive legislator. handing Putin the Nord Stream 2 pipe- spend more as paychecks get smaller
Mr. FITZGERALD. Madam Speaker, line, and for allowing the southern bor- and costs continue to rise.
this has been a year of crisis under the ders to be kept wide open. Where once Madam Speaker, I will continue to
leadership of President Joe Biden. At we were energy independent a year ago, fight against these bad policies and
the southern border, our country was now we are begging OPEC to please push for solutions.
noticeably lacking leadership and solu- produce more. Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Madam
tions from the White House. Instead, Madam Speaker, after only a year of Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gen-
President Biden took regressive ac- the Biden administration and his rad- tleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. KEL-
tions. He halted construction on the ical governing of our country, we have LER).
border wall, brought back catch and re- had enough. The American people have Mr. KELLER. Madam Speaker, as
lease, and got rid of the remain in Mex- had enough. Our people, our country America marks a year since President
ico policy. deserve better. Biden’s inauguration, Republicans are
Because of these decisions, over 1.7 Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Madam focused on delivering solutions to the
million illegal immigrants have been Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from multitude of crises his administration
encountered at the southern border California (Mr. OBERNOLTE). has created.
since President Biden took office. The Mr. OBERNOLTE. Madam Speaker, After a year of one-party rule, the re-
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number of illegal crossings at the bor- several days ago the Department of ality is American families are seeing
der has risen at a rate faster under Labor released statistics on job cre- empty shelves at the grocery store.
President Biden than at any other time ation and inflation in the United Businesses cannot find workers. Infla-
in recent history. U.S. Customs and States. This data should be deeply tion just hit the highest rate in 40
Border Protection reported that alarming to every American. years. Meanwhile, the catastrophe at
fentanyl seizures increased 134 percent This country, over the last year, has our southern border continues to wors-
in fiscal year 2021. dumped trillions of dollars of excess en. In the past 12 months, more than
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1.7 million people have been caught talk about crime. And we could talk crisis at the Southwest border, a crisis
trying to enter the United States ille- about Afghanistan. The list goes on which President Biden and the Demo-
gally. and on. crats have continuously chosen to turn
Madam Speaker, the Biden adminis- But I want to talk for a little bit a blind eye to. In just 1 year, over 1.7
tration can ignore these inconvenient today about trade and specifically our million illegal immigrants have been
truths all they want. Do you know who relationship with China. apprehended at the border—an all-time
is noticing? The American people are I rise today to call the Biden admin- high.
noticing. These are the same people istration to action regarding our trade President Trump spent 4 years fight-
who are working every day, the people partnership, or lack thereof, with ing to secure our border by enacting
driving our economy forward in spite of China. policies to keep Americans—especially
President Biden stacking the odds China has proven to be a bad faith in our communities along the border—
against them. negotiator, and they are using the safe. After less than a month in office,
Madam Speaker, be assured when Re- United States as a doormat. Our coun- President Biden revoked the Trump-era
publicans regain the majority in the try made a deal with China 2 years ago border policies and replaced them,
House, we will continue tackling these on January 15, 2020, and China has Madam Speaker, with what?
challenges by getting government out failed to live up to their end of the bar- Absolutely nothing.
of the way, restoring our God-given gain by a long shot. As part of this In April, 3 months after Joe Biden
freedoms, and ensuring Americans keep deal, China committed to importing $36 took office and 2 months after these
more of their hard-earned money. billion of U.S. agriculture products in policies were rescinded, I made my sev-
Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Madam 2020 and 2021 combined, but they have enth trip to the Southwest border. Dur-
Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gen- fallen short by nearly $7 billion. China ing that visit, I witnessed the most un-
tlewoman from Arizona (Mrs. LESKO), sold American farmers a bill of goods, stable conditions that I have seen since
one of the true border states that sees and the Biden administration has made coming to Congress. I immediately
all of these crises firsthand. no effort to rectify this egregious situ- called on President Biden then to rein-
Mrs. LESKO. Madam Speaker, well, ation. state the Trump-era policies that were
Now that phase one is expiring, farm- working along our border.
it has been one year since President
ers and ranchers are frustrated to say Finally, just a few weeks ago in De-
Biden and the Democrats have had
the least. USDA Secretary Tom cember, it was announced that Presi-
complete control of running our coun-
Vilsack, in a feeble effort to reassure dent Biden planned to re-implement
try.
us, said: President Trump’s Remain in Mexico
b 1445 Ambassador Tai, our U.S. Trade Represent- policy. But, Madam Speaker, we need
They have the House, the Senate, and ative, continues to converse with China
action, not talk. President Biden
the Presidency. about the necessity of living up totally and
completely to the phase one trade agree- should visit the border and talk to the
And what have they accomplished in ment, making up their deficit over the communities there. President Biden
this 1 year? course of the next several years. should fire his Homeland Security Sec-
Inflation has gone through the roof— retary who is not getting the job done.
This is completely unacceptable. The
a 40-year high. Gas prices are up. Gro- So in this first failed year, President
next several years was never part of
cery prices are up. The utilities costs Biden has neglected our Southwest bor-
this deal, which is not a complex one.
have gone up. The border is wide-open der. That neglect is evident with dete-
China said that they would purchase a
with sex trafficking, human traf- riorating conditions, apprehensions at
certain amount of agricultural goods,
ficking, and fentanyl flooding across an all-time high, and record amounts
and they have fallen short by a margin
our border. of illegal drugs pouring across our open
that suggests that they never intended
COVID deaths are higher than they border and poisoning our families.
to live up to their end of the deal in the
have ever been before. Americans deserve better. Americans
first place.
Madam Speaker, do you know those Again, we have not seen any effort deserve a secure border, and Americans
long lines that you see of Americans from this administration on behalf of deserve leadership.
waiting in line for COVID tests? farmers, which is why I am standing Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Madam
Well, guess what, Madam Speaker? here today to state the obvious—the Speaker, Americans do deserve so
The Biden administration diverted United States must either force China much better.
over $2 billion that was meant for to comply with their end of the agree- Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen-
those testing of COVID and for medical ment or punish them for failing to do tlewoman from California (Mrs. KIM).
supplies and diverted it to house illegal so. That is how deals work. At the very Mrs. KIM of California. Madam
immigrants. least, we need to see this administra- Speaker, I thank Mr. JOHNSON for
Don’t be surprised or mistaken, but tion developing a new, comprehensive, yielding.
it is the Democrat policies that have realistic deal to collect the deficit. The Madam Speaker, 1 year ago, I joined
caused these problems. time for conversations already took several of my colleagues—especially
And what are the Democrats doing place long before the deal was signed the freshman Republican colleagues—
now while the country is going down January 15, 2020, when China signed the in a letter to President Biden showing
the tubes? deal. our willingness to work with him on
They are pushing election laws, elec- This administration at year end behalf of the American people and to
tion laws where they want to rig elec- needs to step up and defend our farm- bridge the partisan gridlock, because
tions to their favor and fund their own ers, our ranchers, and our country from our President’s success is our Nation’s
elections. This is insanity. being financially manipulated by success.
I hope my Democratic colleagues will China—yet another unnecessary crisis. While I am proud that 1 year later I
work together with us to solve the Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Madam have been able to get 12 bipartisan bills
problems that are facing Americans Speaker, I thank the gentleman for out of the House and four signed into
today. that plain talk from Kansas. law, I am disappointed that the policies
Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Madam Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen- from the Biden administration encour-
Speaker, I thank my friend for her so tleman from Arkansas (Mr. HILL), who age more division, more Federal spend-
well-said remarks. is one of the brightest and most re- ing, and more crises hurting American
Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen- spected Members of Congress. workers, families, and small businesses
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tleman from Kansas, (Mr. MANN). Mr. HILL. Madam Speaker, if the as we continue through the COVID–19
Mr. MANN. Madam Speaker, I want Biden administration were a new TV pandemic.
to thank the gentleman from Lou- show streaming on Netflix or HBO, it Inflation is at a 40-year high, driving
isiana for hosting this today. There are clearly would have been canceled after up prices everywhere from the grocery
a lot of things to talk about for a year. the end of the first season. store to prices at the gas pump. We
We could talk about immigration. We On this anniversary of Mr. Biden’s have record high numbers of migrants
could talk about inflation. We could failed first year, I call attention to the and illicit drugs at our southern border
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straining our resources and empow- Madam Speaker, Americans have ex- Washington Democrats were count-
ering drug cartels. Our disastrous with- perienced whiplash this past year as ing on Joe Biden to socialize our econ-
drawal from Afghanistan resulted in the Biden administration has spun us omy, and, boy, did he deliver. His ad-
the deaths of 13 U.S. servicemembers, from the America first agenda to ministration caved to teachers unions,
and we still have left the lives of Amer- America last. putting the wants of liberal elites
icans and our allies and military arse- We watched in horror as the Taliban ahead of the needs of our children who
nal in the hands of the Taliban. released thousands of al-Qaida, ISIS, are desperate for high quality, in-per-
In the latest edition of partisan poli- and Taliban prisoners from the prison son learning.
tics last week, one of my bipartisan at Bagram Air Base. Our servicemem- Domestic terrorists—that is how this
bills was taken over and instead be- bers bravely sacrificed to capture those administration labeled parents who
came over 700 pages of nationalizing terrorists, and the Biden administra- want better for their children than vir-
elections and letting public funds be tion allowed them to be released. One tual learning. It is despicable.
used for political campaigns. of the ISIS-K prisoners led the bombing He caved to Russia, gutting the Key-
I will keep working through this that killed our 13 servicemembers. stone XL pipeline on his first day in of-
gridlock, sticking to my conservative Biden’s failure in Afghanistan led to fice but allowing the Nord Stream 2
policies and principles and fighting the surrender of tens of billions of dol- pipeline to push ahead virtually un-
back against Big Government and big lars in U.S. military equipment to the checked.
spending policies. Taliban. Military equipment paid for He caved to Fauci, who kept his job
Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. I thank by U.S. taxpayers will now be used despite lying to Congress about gain-
the gentlewoman for her principled against America because of President of-function research.
leadership. It has been effective, and Biden. As Afghanistan fell, President Do you know who isn’t caving,
we are grateful she is here. Biden disappeared, first to Camp David Madam Speaker?
Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen- and then to Delaware. Senator MANCHIN, the Supreme
tleman from the State of Texas (Mr. His Cabinet refused to brief the Court, and Republicans across the Na-
WEBER). American people directly and instead tion who are fed up with this adminis-
Mr. WEBER of Texas. Madam Speak- sent spokesmen. Additionally, the De- tration’s singular focus on stripping
er, tomorrow, January 20, 2022, is a day fense Secretary refused to testify be- rights and opportunities away from
that will live in infamy and marks 1 fore Congress. Americans. This administration has
year since Joe Biden was sworn in as The Biden administration then flew
more than earned its 33 percent ap-
President. an estimated 78,000 Afghan nationals to
proval rating, and I hope, for the sake
I remember saying: This is the most American soil and then lied to the
of our country, that the next 3 years
important election of our lifetime. American people about the vetting
are nothing like the one we have just
Unfortunately, I was right. process they were using to ensure that
In 1 year—under one-party rule and endured.
no ISIS, al-Qaida, or Taliban terrorists
in just 1 year—it has been one huge, were brought to our shores. b 1500
continuing debacle and crisis. To this day, no one in the Biden ad- Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Madam
We went from energy independence ministration has been held responsible Speaker, I am happy to yield to the
to energy crisis, Madam Speaker; from for the disastrous withdrawal from Af- gentlewoman from Indiana (Mrs.
a rebounding economy to the highest ghanistan or for the lies that were told SPARTZ), one of the smartest and hard-
inflation in 40 years; from inter- to the American people, and no one has est working Members of Congress.
national peace through strength to in- been fired or resigned. Mrs. SPARTZ. Madam Speaker, I
creased tensions with our greatest ad- Madam Speaker, who will be fired? thank my colleague for yielding. I
versaries; and might I add, losing the Who is resigning?
The American people deserve ac- know that we have talked a lot about
confidence of our allies. different crises, and we do have a lot of
We went, Madam Speaker, from bor- countability. China, our enemy, has
watched all of this unfold; and, sadly, different crises. We have an economic
der security to 2 million illegal alien crisis. We have an inflation crisis. We
crossings; from the end of the pan- our children and grandchildren will pay
the price of Biden’s incompetence. have an energy cost crisis. We have a
demic to the never-ending pandemic, supply chain crisis. We have an edu-
particularly with unconstitutional Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Madam
Speaker, the gentlewoman’s remarks cation crisis. We have a crime crisis.
mandates. We have a COVID response crisis. We
What is the cause? are well-said.
One Democrat disaster after another, Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen- have a healthcare crisis. We have a for-
and Americans are losing faith not tleman from the great State of Georgia eign relations and security crisis. We
only with the performance of the cur- (Mr. CARTER). Georgia is the home of have a freedom of speech crisis. We
rent administration, but also with our the new national championship foot- have a centralized government and in-
governmental agencies: the FBI, the ball team. fringement on our rights crisis.
Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Madam There is one crisis that is very dis-
DOJ, and the CDC. You name it. The
Speaker, I thank the gentleman for turbing and concerning to me as a nat-
list is endless.
Democrats are showing who they are: yielding and for hosting this Special uralized American who immigrated to
Socialists, police defunders, open bor- Order. this great country. I went to the border
der advocates, and anti-parents who Madam Speaker, Joe Biden’s first three times, and what I saw was law-
just want a say in their child’s school- year in office has exceeded all expecta- lessness; its issue of national security,
ing. Is that too much to ask? tions. In 365 short days, Joe Biden has its anarchy, and it is a crisis that has
That is what Democrats are. This is managed to inflict an entire term of posed a risk to our sovereignty as a na-
their brand, and that Democrat brand, pain and hardship on the American tion.
I might add, is a disaster. We Repub- people. Grocery store shelves are We can see what has happened in the
licans need to point it out every day in empty. Prices are up 7 percent nation- country. Drug cartels are controlling
every way. wide. Gas costs $1 more per gallon the border. They control drug traf-
So to my Republican colleagues I today than it did when Biden took of- ficking and are making billions from
say, let’s go brand ‘em. fice. Americans lost the equivalent of that. We have the highest deaths from
Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Brand two paychecks last year, and Biden has overdoses in our country that ever ex-
‘em. I like it. failed to add one single job from our isted. Our kids are dying, and they are
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Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen- 2019 high. making a lot of money. The border is
tlewoman from Illinois (Mrs. MILLER), Madam Speaker, only one thing has open. No one can control it. It poses
who is another very effective legis- gone down in price during this adminis- risks to our national security.
lator. tration, and that is the price of I hope for us all as Americans who
Mrs. MILLER of Illinois. Madam fentanyl. That is the price of fentanyl care about our country, that our Presi-
Speaker, I thank the Congressman for because of the fentanyl that is coming dent at least starts dealing with this
hosting this Special Order. across the southern border. crisis because it is a serious issue, and
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we cannot disregard national security The SPEAKER pro tempore. Mem- The fire at Twin Parks North West
of the greatest country that ever ex- bers are reminded to refrain from en- was as preventable as it was tragic. If
isted on Earth and put our people at gaging in personalities toward the the space heater had shut off automati-
risk. President. cally, the fire would have been pre-
It is our responsibility as Represent- f vented.
atives for this Republic to stand up, re- If the apartment door and the stair-
gardless of party affiliations, and raise MOURNING THE LIVES LOST AT well doors had closed automatically,
the issues, and we owe a duty to the TWIN PARKS NORTH WEST the spread of the smoke would have
American people. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under been contained and countless lives
Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Madam the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- would have been saved.
Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for uary 4, 2021, the gentleman from New If the building had a sprinkler sys-
her comments. York (Mr. TORRES) is recognized for 60 tem, the fire would have been extin-
Madam Speaker, what my colleagues minutes as the designee of the major- guished.
have illustrated here in this Special ity leader. If the building had a two-way inter-
Order is the crisis that we have in this GENERAL LEAVE com system, the tenants would have
country. We are on the anniversary Mr. TORRES of New York. Madam been advised by the fire department to
now of 1 year of far-left Democratic Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that remain in their homes instead of flee-
rule in Washington. We have a unified all Members have 5 legislative days to ing to a smoke-filled stairwell that had
government. The far-left Democrats revise and extend their remarks and in- become a death trap.
are in charge of the White House and clude extraneous material on the sub- And if the tenants had sufficient heat
both Houses of Congress. Elections ject of my Special Order. and hot water in their homes, there
have consequences. The American peo- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there would have been no need to use dan-
ple can see it for themselves. Every objection to the request of the gen- gerous space heaters in the first place.
poll across this country shows us. They tleman from New York? The use of space heaters is often a
know that it is crisis upon crisis upon There was no objection. cry for help and a cry for heat. It is
crisis. Mr. TORRES of New York. Madam often an act of desperation for decent
You have heard my colleagues illus- Speaker, I come here with the heaviest and dignified housing.
trate so many of those here this after- heart. My beloved Bronx saw the dead- Madam Speaker, the Bronx is no
noon. If we had hours upon hours we liest fire in the history of New York stranger to deadly fires. New York
could continue all night. City in more than three decades; a fire City’s four worst fires in the past 30
The economic crisis last year: Infla- that has left a death count of 17 resi- years have all been in the Bronx, have
tion cost the average worker nearly dents, including 8 children. all been in my district of south Bronx.
two paychecks. A malfunctioning space heater was The prevalence of deadly fires in
An energy crisis: The national aver- the immediate cause of the fire in a du- south Bronx is no accident. It is a con-
age for a gallon of gas rose 49.6 percent plex on the third floor of a 19-story sequence of systemic disinvestment
for the year. building known as Twin Parks North from the lowest income communities
A border crisis: Because of the Demo- of color, from places like the south
West. And even though the fire was
crats’ open border policies, every State Bronx, from the safety and quality of
largely limited to the third floor, both
is now a border State. affordable housing.
An education crisis: President Biden the apartment door and the nearby
stairwell door were left open, causing When it comes to fire safety, Amer-
promised to reopen schools in his first ica is a tale of two countries and New
100 days but his administration se- the smoke to spread rapidly and widely
throughout the 19-story building. York is a tale of two cities. If you live
cretly worked with teachers’ unions to in a luxury development in Manhattan,
Since the building has no fire escapes
keep the schools closed and label par- then fire safety can be taken for grant-
and since the stairwells were full of
ents as domestic terrorists. ed. But if you live in an affordable
A crime crisis: Over a dozen U.S. cit- black, toxic smoke, the tenants had no
means of escape. The smoke spread so housing complex in the south Bronx,
ies had a record-high homicide rate in
widely that victims were found on there is no guarantee that your build-
2021.
A COVID crisis: Although President every floor. The fatalities were tenants ing will have a sprinkler system; in
Biden promised to shut down the virus, who died from severe smoke inhalation fact, it is unlikely to have one.
many Americans continue to struggle from cardiac and respiratory arrest. There is no guarantee that your
to find tests, and, of course, many Almost all of the victims came from building will have self-closing doors.
schools remain closed because of this. a single town in Gambia. The Gambian There is no guarantee that your build-
A national security crisis: Because of community has had roots in Twin ing will have what experts would con-
President Biden’s weakness on the Parks North West that date back more sider anything resembling modern
world stage, our adversaries in Beijing, than half a century. It is hard to imag- standards of fire safety.
Tehran, and Moscow are stronger today ine a more closely knit community, a In America, poor people of color are
and they are in power. community more tied by the bonds of left to live in conditions that put them
We could go on and on and on. I am faith and family and fellowship than at greater risk of losing everything, in-
out of time, Madam Speaker, but I will the Gambian community of Twin cluding their own homes, their own
just point out again, the latest poll Parks North West, and so the loss is families, their own lives from a cata-
that was released just this morning deeply felt. strophic fire.
didn’t look at just numbers. They The victims were as young as 2, and If that is not cruel and callous, I am
asked the American people to give a no older than 50. These were victims not sure what would be. We are re-
letter grade to the President. Thirty who had their whole lives ahead of minded that safe and decent affordable
percent of Americans give the Presi- them. Ousmane Konteh was only 2 housing is not a privilege but a right;
dent an F, a failing grade, and more years old. not a luxury but a moral necessity; not
Americans give him an F than give him Muhammed Drammeh celebrated his an abstraction but a matter of life and
an A or a B. This is a failed Presidency. twelfth birthday. death. Building back better should and
These are failed policies. We are living Sera Janneh was a student at Leh- must mean building back safer for
under the crises that they have cre- man College. She had dreams of becom- communities long forgotten.
ated. It is time for this to come to an ing a social worker of aiding those af- On January 9, the world bore witness
end. flicted by trauma. to one of the fire department’s finest
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We are grateful to the American peo- My heart aches for the father who hours of public service. It took the Her-
ple for recognizing this, and we look lost his wife, two daughters, and a son; culean efforts of more than 200 fire-
forward to bringing our solutions to for the mother who lost her toddler; for fighters to extinguish the fires at Twin
bear at the election cycle this fall. the children who lost their parents; for Parks North West. Firefighters who
Madam Speaker, our Special Order the Drammeh family who lost four had ran out of oxygen in their tanks
hour has concluded, and I yield back members; and the Dukureh family who ran into burning buildings, saving lives
the balance of my time. lost five. at great risk to their own.
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