Senate Proceedings on S. 3373 and H.R. 4346, July 26, 2022 — Congressional Record
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This Senate section of the Congressional Record for Tuesday, July 26, 2022 (S3661 through S3663) records proceedings on the House message to accompany a bill, with pending Schumer motions and amendments to add or modify an effective date. Schumer says the Senate will vote this morning toward final passage of the CHIPS and Science bill, and asks unanimous consent that at 11 a.m. the Senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to concur on that legislation. On the PACT Act, Schumer says he filed cloture last night. McConnell, in remarks headed Inflation, says 93 percent of the American people are concerned about inflation.
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117 th CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION
United States
of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE
Vol. 168 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, JULY 26, 2022 No. 124
Senate
The Senate met at 10 a.m. and was Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable structions, Schumer Amendment No. 5150, to
called to order by the Honorable RAPH- RAPHAEL G. WARNOCK, a Senator from add an effective date.
Schumer Amendment No. 5151 (to the in-
AEL G. WARNOCK, a Senator from the the State of Georgia, to perform the structions (Schumer Amendment No. 5150) of
State of Georgia. duties of the Chair. the motion to refer), to modify the effective
f PATRICK J. LEAHY, date.
President pro tempore. Schumer Amendment No. 5152 (to Amend-
PRAYER ment No. 5151), to modify the effective date.
Mr. WARNOCK thereupon assumed
The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- the Chair as Acting President pro tem- RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY LEADER
fered the following prayer: pore. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem-
Let us pray. pore. The majority leader is recog-
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Holy God, all Your works do praise nized.
Your Name on the Earth, in the sky, RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME CHIPS ACT OF 2022
and on the sea. Great is Your faithful- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, this
ness. pore. Under the previous order, the morning—this morning—the Senate
Stir Your edifying spirit among our leadership time is reserved. will draw a clear line in the sand that
Senators, liberating them from short- America’s chip crisis and America’s
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sightedness as they work diligently for dwindling commitment to science and
freedom and justice for all. Lord, make CONCLUSION OF MORNING innovation will not continue under our
our Senators citizens of Your kingdom BUSINESS watch. Within the next hour, the Sen-
so that Your will may be done on The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- ate will vote, finally—finally—to move
Earth, even as it is done in Heaven. pore. Morning business is closed. toward final passage of our CHIPS and
Help them to draw near to You with Science bill. That is what we are call-
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true hearts and full assurance that ing it, the CHIPS and Science bill.
their times are in Your hands. May LEGISLATIVE SESSION
That will put us in a position to finish
this confidence in Your prevailing the work on this bill before the end of
providence inspire them to pay the the week. It is a major step for our eco-
price of eternal vigilance for freedom. SERGEANT FIRST CLASS HEATH
ROBINSON HONORING OUR PROM- nomic security, our national security,
We pray in Your sovereign Name. our supply chains, and, in fact, for
Amen. ISE TO ADDRESS COMPREHEN-
SIVE TOXICS ACT OF 2022 America’s future—for America’s fu-
f ture.
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- I want to be clear. The proposal we
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
pore. Under the previous order, the are passing this week contains the ma-
The Presiding Officer led the Pledge Senate will resume consideration of jority of key science and innovation
of Allegiance, as follows: the House message to accompany S. measures that the Senate passed last
I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the 3373, which the clerk will report. summer. It will make historic invest-
United States of America, and to the Repub- The senior assistant legislative clerk
lic for which it stands, one nation under God,
ments to scientific research. It will
indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
read as follows: take direct aim at our Nation’s chip
House message to accompany S. 3373, a bill crisis. Alongside the infrastructure law
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to improve the Iraq and Afghanistan Service and our recent gun safety bill, among
APPOINTMENT OF ACTING Grant and the Children of Fallen Heroes others, it is one of the most consequen-
PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE Grant. tial bipartisan achievements of this
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Pending: Congress. I thank all of my Senate col-
clerk will please read a communication Schumer motion to concur in the House leagues on both sides of the aisle who
to the Senate from the President pro amendment to the bill. are helping to make this happen.
tempore (Mr. LEAHY). Schumer motion to concur in the House I am confident that future genera-
amendment to the bill, with Schumer tions will look back on the passage of
The senior assistant legislative clerk
Amendment No. 5148 (to the House amend- this CHIPS and Science bill as a turn-
read the following letter: ment to the Senate amendment), to add an
U.S. SENATE, ing point for American leadership in
effective date.
PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, Schumer Amendment No. 5149 (to Schumer the 21st century, but it didn’t come to-
Washington, DC, July 26, 2022. Amendment No. 5148), to modify the effective gether overnight. The legislation has
To the Senate: date. been several years in the making.
Under the provisions of rule I, para- Schumer motion to refer the bill to the In 2019, I approached my Republican
graph 3, of the Standing Rules of the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, with in- colleague TODD YOUNG with a proposal
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S3662 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE July 26, 2022
to work together on legislation to re- Last year’s bill created the first-ever As my colleagues already know, be-
vive America’s commitment to science program to cultivate the tech hubs of cause of a technical error, the House of
and innovation. Together, we drafted tomorrow in regions around the United Representatives was unable to take up
the first iteration of many policies we States that have enormous potential our version of the bill that we passed in
are passing this week, the Endless but have largely been overlooked—not the spring. The House has now fixed
Frontier Act. the big megalopolises which have a lot their error and returned the PACT Act
A year later, I joined with my col- of tech in them, like New York City back to the Senate. We want to finish
leagues Senators CORNYN and WARNER and San Francisco, but smaller regions our work on the PACT Act before the
to push for the authorization of new that have great talent but have been end of the week.
Federal chips initiatives as part of the overlooked. They might be in Upstate Our Nation’s veterans have waited
NDAA to address our Nation’s growing New York. They might be in Indiana long enough to get the benefits they
chip shortage. and many other parts of the country. need to treat complications from toxic
We all knew that America faced a This bill is making sure that happens. exposure in the line of duty. So we
choice: We could keep underfunding Now, let me be clear. While this bill have every reason in the world to get
science and innovation and continue to contains the two major components of this bill done quickly, with the same
let America fall behind our global com- the Science and CHIPS bill, there are bipartisan support as the first time
petitors, or we could wake up to the other major proposals from both sides around.
challenges of this century and empower that are still being worked on in the The need for the PACT Act is beyond
the American people to unleash the conference committee. Make no mis- question. Burn pits have affected up to
next wave of discovery and scientific take that there are many Democrats
31⁄2 million veterans since 9/11. Yet the
achievement. We knew that if we didn’t and Republicans who have provisions
VA has rejected nearly 80 percent of all
get there first, our rivals—chief among that will be contained in the con-
disability claims connected to burn
them the Chinese Communist Party— ference report under Chair CANTWELL’s
pits. That is unacceptable and must
would likely beat us to the punch and leadership, and it is my intention to
change.
reshape the world in their authori- put the conference committee bill on
I hope Members work together to
tarian image. the floor of the Senate.
As I said a moment ago, I firmly be- fast-track this bill as soon as possible
In February of 2021, less than a
lieve that passing this bill will be a because there is no reason to delay a
month after I became majority leader,
turning point for American leadership measure that the vast majority of Sen-
I directed the chairs and members of
in this century. The benefits of this ators from both parties agree is nec-
our relevant committees to start draft-
legislation will reverberate across the essary. Our veterans, their families,
ing a legislative package to
country for years and decades to come. and our veterans service organizations
outcompete China and create new
For much of the 20th century, Amer- have been urging us to finish work on
American jobs, with the Endless Fron-
tier Act serving as the core of this ef- ica was without peer in our commit- this bill. Let’s keep our promise to
fort. I also instructed them to draft ment to scientific research, to innova- those valiant servicemembers and send
legislation to rebuild the capacity of tion, and to new, cutting-edge manu- the PACT Act quickly to the Presi-
the U.S. semiconductor industry. The facturing, and it led to tens of millions dent’s desk.
pandemic made clear with unforgiving of good-paying jobs and made the I yield the floor.
clarity how America’s chip shortage United States the unquestioned eco- I suggest the absence of a quorum.
was creating a crisis in our economy nomic leader of the world. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem-
and national security. Today, the story is different. Nations pore. The clerk will call the roll.
So Members on both sides of the around the world are spending tens of The senior assistant legislative clerk
aisle—this has been a bipartisan effort billions of dollars to secure this cen- proceeded to call the roll.
from the get-go—got to work. We made tury, much like America secured the Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask
a commitment last February that if last one. Sadly, the Federal Govern- unanimous consent that the order for
both sides worked together, we would ment’s commitment to science has the quorum call be rescinded.
bring a bill to the floor for a vote in waned in recent decades. In fact, as a The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem-
the spring. And that is what we did, percentage of GDP, we spend less than pore. Without objection, it is so or-
and we passed the U.S. Innovation and half as much as the Chinese Com- dered.
Competition Act with overwhelming munist Party on basic research—less ORDER OF BUSINESS
bipartisan support in June of 2021. than half—which is even more dev- Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask
A year later, the legislation we are astating given China has spent decades unanimous consent that at 11 a.m. the
passing this week has many of the stealing America’s intellectual prop- Senate vote on the motion to invoke
same important measures contained in erty. cloture on the motion to concur with
the bill we worked on last summer. For With this bill, that is finally going to respect to H.R. 4346, the CHIPS and
example, last year’s bill secured his- change. We will not only create the Science legislation.
toric investments for science and inno- good-paying jobs of tomorrow; we will The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem-
vation. This bill does too. not only fix our supply chains and pore. Without objection, it is so or-
Last year’s bill offered tens of bil- bring costs down for American families dered.
lions to encourage American chip man- with this bill; with this bill, we will re- Mr. SCHUMER. I suggest the absence
ufacturing and R&D. This bill does awaken the spirit of discovery, innova- of a quorum.
that too and even more with the in- tion, invention, and optimism that The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem-
vestment tax credit provisions. made America the envy of the world. pore. The clerk will call the roll.
Last year’s bill provided funding to We don’t mean to let the days of
The senior assistant legislative clerk
help build a wireless communications American leadership end on our watch.
proceeded to call the roll.
supply chain to counter Huawei. This We don’t mean to see America become
Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I
bill does too. a middling nation in this century. We
ask unanimous consent that the order
Last year’s bill created the National mean for America to lead this century.
for the quorum call be rescinded.
Science Foundation tech directorate For that reason, I urge my colleagues
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem-
and provided funding to the Depart- to give a resounding vote ‘‘yes’’ on clo-
pore. Without objection, it is so or-
ment of Energy National Labs to help ture at 11 a.m. today.
dered.
compete with foreign rivals in key PACT ACT
RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY LEADER
technologies like AI and quantum com- Mr. President, now on the PACT Act,
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puting. This bill does too. last night, I filed cloture to prepare the The Republican leader is recognized.
Last year’s bill made major new in- Senate to once again pass the PACT INFLATION
vestments in Manufacturing USA and Act, the largest and most important Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, 93
the Manufacturing Extension Partner- expansion of veteran healthcare bene- percent of the American people are
ship to strengthen domestic supply fits in decades and a bipartisan issue to concerned about inflation; 42 percent
chains. This bill does too. the core—another bipartisan issue. say they are struggling just to stand
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still financially; 63 percent say that missiles into Ukraine’s arsenal. If keep pace with Democrats’ own infla-
gas prices, inflation, bills, or the econ- Ukraine had had weapons like these tion, and Senate Democrats are giving
omy are their biggest concerns. That is earlier, the blockade of Odesa could short shrift to the need for a strong, bi-
because 100 percent of the American have been prevented in the first place. partisan Defense authorization bill.
people live in a country experiencing The Biden administration says its de- Russian aggression isn’t the only
the worst inflation in more than 40 cision making throughout the process threat to American interests today.
years, and 100 percent of the American has been deliberate and nuanced. His- Rogue states like Iran and North Korea
people live in a country where things tory will likely judge otherwise. The continue to march toward devastating
did not have to be this bad but for months before Putin’s escalation clear- weapons. China’s provocative behavior
Democrats’ deliberate policy choices. ly called for boldness and resolve, to in the Indo-Pacific continues to raise
Don’t take it from me. Listen to say nothing of the months since. But, the stakes for long-term competition.
Larry Summers, Treasury Secretary to too often, the administration’s first in- So there is no time—no time—to
President Clinton and NEC Director to stincts have been to plot along slowly waste on either of these measures—nei-
President Obama. Here is what Larry and vacillate. ther the Sweden and Finland protocols
Summers had to say: The Ukrainians have fought bravely nor a strong, bipartisan NDAA. We
There wouldn’t have been nearly the same to stop Russia’s advance despite being need to do all three as soon as possible.
kinds of supply chain problems . . . if we undermanned and outgunned. Just The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem-
weren’t giving people who were laid off un- think what they could have accom- pore. The Senator from Nevada.
employment insurance that was far more plished if the West had acted boldly to UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREEMENT—H.R. 1892
than the salaries they had been earning . . . support Ukraine as storm clouds were
if we weren’t mailing checks willy-nilly . . . Ms. ROSEN. Mr. President, I ask
first gathering, or right away when the unanimous consent that if the Senate
there would have been less spending, that
would have meant less bottlenecks. storm broke. receives a message from the House that
But, now, no one should need a re-
He continued: it has passed H.R. 1842, and if the text
minder of the far-reaching impacts of
Printing money and distributing it well of that bill is identical to S. 697, that
the war in Ukraine. Our eastern flank
ahead of the supply of goods is a prescription the bill be considered read three times
allies certainly don’t. They have been
for inflation—and that’s what we did. We in- and the Senate vote on passage of the
jected enough money into the economy to preparing to defend themselves lit-
bill without intervening action or de-
make total spending grow at an 11.6 percent erally for generations, and from the be-
bate, and that the motion to reconsider
rate last year. When you have 11.6 percent ginning of Russia’s latest offensive,
be considered made and laid upon the
growth rate in spending, then on any reason- they have reached deep into their own
able theory of how much capacity there is,
table.
inventories to help equip Ukraine.
you’re going to have a lot of inflation. And The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem-
Elsewhere in Europe, treaty allies
that’s what we did. pore. Without objection, it is so or-
have finally taken an important lesson
That is a top Democrat talking, but dered.
about investing in deterrence and self-
he is intellectually honest. He tried to CHIPS ACT OF 2022
defense to heart. Countries like Ger-
advise Washington Democrats not to many have made historic commit- Ms. ROSEN. Mr. President, for
dump nearly $2 trillion onto the econ- ments to increase military spending. months, our country has experienced a
omy, but, of course, they didn’t listen. The Germans, Swedes, and others have severe computer chip shortage, one
And now working families are stuck also broken historic precedent to share that has impacted nearly every Amer-
with skyrocketing costs and bills as a their stockpiles with Ukraine. ican industry and increased costs for
consequence. And, of course, Russia’s war has led nearly every American. From cell
You would think the worst inflation other major European states to an- phones to cars to televisions, even our
in 40 years would be enough to con- nounce their intention to join the refrigerators and washing machines—
vince Democrats to stop running these ranks of the strongest alliance in world products we use every day—well, they
painful experiments on American fami- history. Last week, our colleagues on need computer chips to function.
lies. But, if you can believe it, almost the Foreign Relations Committee ad- They are also used in critically im-
every House and Senate Democrat vanced the necessary protocols to rat- portant technology like the medical
would like to follow up this historic in- ify Sweden and Finland’s accession to equipment at our hospitals and the
flation with massive new tax hikes. NATO. There is now nothing pre- technology used by our military. This
The same people who spent us into in- venting the Democratic leader from is why the computer chip shortage we
flation want to tax us all the way into calling these measures up for imme- are facing is a critical economic and
recession. diate consideration and passage by the national security issue. It has caused
So let’s hope this small handful of full Senate. The legislatures of other prices to rise, contributed to supply
Democrats who see the insanity of this NATO allies like Canada, Norway, Po- chain issues, and limited the avail-
approach continue to stand strong for land, and Germany have already rati- ability of many products, something
our country. fied them. that anyone who has tried to buy or
UKRAINE The United States would be fortunate rent a car over the past couple of years
Mr. President, on an entirely dif- to have two new treaty allies as im- knows all too well.
ferent matter, this past Saturday pressive and capable as Finland and This shortage was directly impacting
brought yet another escalation in Rus- Sweden. Both countries’ high-tech hard-working families and the busi-
sia’s brutal war in Ukraine. The ink economies and extensive American- nesses that support jobs across our Na-
had barely dried on a deal securing safe made systems will improve the alli- tion.
passage for Ukrainian grain exports ance’s interoperability and instantly It has hurt companies that employ
when Russian missiles hit the port city improve the state of burden-sharing people in my State of Nevada, like
of Odesa. the day they come in. Varian Medical Systems, which uses
Ukraine produces one-fifth of the American leadership in the world has computer chips to manufacture cancer-
world’s high-grade wheat. Russia’s made possible the peace and security fighting and other critical medical
Black Sea blockade and the destruc- our country enjoys today. That leader- technologies. This shortage is impact-
tion of Ukraine’s crops have left vul- ship is helping encourage our allies to ing lives and likelihoods.
nerable regions of the world literally make sufficient investments in their For decades, America was a global
on the verge of crisis. But Vladimir own capabilities to face down the leader in manufacturing and innova-
Putin only managed to resist the urge shared threats, but American leader- tion; but over the years, we outsourced
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to commit senseless violence for about ship is only as strong as our willing- the production of computer chips to
24 hours. ness to make robust investments in our countries like China, costing us mil-
Now, the fact that Putin was even own capabilities. lions of potential American jobs and
compelled to negotiate was thanks to President Biden has submitted a de- increasing our reliance on foreign na-
the introduction of HIMARS long- fense budget request that fails to keep tions for technology that is critical—
range rockets and Harpoon anti-ship pace with growing threats and fails to critical for our national security and
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for our safety. All of this has been ex- Unfortunately, it long ago became established. One of the main reasons
acerbated by a global pandemic and the clear that was wishful thinking on the we are in the midst of this inflation
war in Ukraine. President’s part. Far from being tem- crisis is Democrats’ decision to pass a
We can’t afford to wait any longer to porary, inflation has become a fact of massive partisan $1.9 trillion spending
bring manufacturing of computer chips life in the Biden economy. bill last March under the guise of
back to the United States. The Senate Last month, inflation hit its highest COVID relief, despite the fact that Con-
will be voting on bipartisan legislation level yet under President Biden, climb- gress had just passed a fifth bipartisan
to bring computer chip manufacturing ing to 9.1 percent, the worst inflation COVID bill that met essentially all
back to the U.S. and help existing man- in more than 40 years. The impact of current pressing COVID needs. Demo-
ufacturers compete, creating thousands inflation is being felt in every corner of crats were warned that their bill would
of new American jobs and enhancing our economy. Businesses of every size cause inflation; and they proceeded
both our economic and our national se- are dealing with the effects of infla- anyway. The so-called American Res-
curity. tion. Small businesses, of course, are cue Plan flooded the economy with un-
We will also improve our supply being hit particularly hard. And 75 per- necessary government money, and the
chain, which will help businesses like cent of small business owners report economy overheated as a result.
Varian Medical Systems, and it will inflation has had a negative effect on So here we are with Americans strug-
minimize the supply chain disruptions the financial health of their business gling under the weight of the worst in-
which will ultimately help lower prices over the past 6 months. And 75 percent flation in 40 years, and Democrats
for consumers. This bill will do so report that inflation pressures are get- want to double down on the spending
much more to spur innovation and in- strategy that helped get us into this
ting worse.
vest in our American economy. It is not surprising. Everything from mess in the first place. That is right.
As the first and only former com- Despite the fact that even Democrat
inputs to transportation to electricity
puter programmer to serve in the U.S. economists have stated that the Amer-
has become more expensive in the
Senate, I am so excited about what this ican Rescue Plan helped create our cur-
Biden economy, and that has a huge
legislation will do for the future of rent inflation crisis, Democrats want
impact on businesses’ ability to pay
American technology and innovation. to pass another massive government
their expenses and run their oper- spending bill filled with excessive
It will establish a first-of-its-kind ef-
ations. spending and tax hikes—a trillion dol-
fort to accelerate our development of As one South Dakota business owner
critical technologies, like artificial in- lars in tax hikes in recent discussions.
who wrote to me noted: Apparently, Democrats are not con-
telligence, quantum computing, and
It makes it hard for me to grow my USA- tent with spending us into an inflation
advanced manufacturing. We will in- made business when I don’t have the funds to
vest heavily in STEM education and in crisis, they would also like to tax us
pay my employees more, add more benefits,
our cybersecurity workforce. And it into a recession. There is already rea-
purchase more machinery, and buy more ma-
will help build regional technology terial in buck as inflation continues to rise. son to worry about the negative eco-
hubs all across this country to spark nomic impacts of new climate meas-
Farmers and ranchers in my State ures the President is contemplating
innovation. are also struggling. As of March, the
I am also so proud that this bill in- imposing, but on top of that, Demo-
price of fertilizer had risen to an as- crats want to spend even more govern-
cludes bipartisan provisions that I tounding 162 percent since January
worked on in the committee that wrote ment money and impose a trillion dol-
2021. The prices of two common herbi- lars in tax hikes, a substantial part of
the bulk of the legislation, which in-
cides have risen more than 50 percent which would fall on small businesses.
cludes these: my bipartisan Rural
since last year. And the price of diesel, At this rate, there is no telling when
STEM Education Act with Senator
which powers a lot of farming and our inflation crisis will end. Democrats
WICKER to increase access to quality
ranching equipment, has doubled since are so committed to big spending that
STEM education for rural schools so it
President Biden took office. Farming even if their legislation fails this time
is accessible to all of our students no
and ranching are tough jobs already, around, they are already planning to
matter where they live. It also includes
often with tight margins and a lot of run on their big spending agenda in No-
provisions I worked on with Senator
weather-related risks. Inflation is vember.
BLACKBURN to support advanced manu-
making things exponentially hard. I am not sure I would want to try to
facturing workforce development and a
The list of inflation’s impacts goes convince voters to elect me by touting
bipartisan amendment I introduced
on. For example, last week I talked the same spending strategy that helped
with Senator LUMMIS to develop a se-
about how inflation is affecting our land our country in this inflation crisis
cure and reliable critical mineral sup-
military, which is able to do less with in the first place. But Democrats’ be-
ply chain.
This historic bipartisan legislation is the funds appropriated for it, thanks to lief in big spending is so deeply in-
soaring prices across the economy. grained that it apparently can’t be
just common sense. So let’s build up
That, in turn, can affect troop readi- swayed even when they see the nega-
our communities; let’s strengthen
ness and the military’s ability to keep tive consequences.
America’s competitiveness; let’s invest It is incomprehensible that Demo-
in American innovation; let’s lower up with needed programs and purchases
from weapons to vehicles to aircraft, crats are contemplating doubling down
prices for hard-working families; and on the spending strategy that helped
let’s bolster our domestic supply chain. and ships.
Of course, I haven’t even yet men- get us in this mess in the first place.
Let’s pass this critical piece of legisla- The first spending spree has been a dis-
tion now. tioned the most basic impact of infla-
tion and that is the misery faced by aster for our country, and I can only
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem-
hard-working Americans who confront imagine how much Americans would
pore. The Republican whip. suffer from their next one.
Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask sky-high prices at the grocery store
I yield the floor.
unanimous consent that I be able to and the gas pump and wonder how they
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem-
speak for up to 15 minutes prior to the are going to feed their family this pore. The Republican whip.
scheduled rollcall vote. month or whether they will be able to Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- afford to get to work. unanimous consent that the Senate
pore. Without objection, it is so or- Bloomberg reported last week that proceed to the scheduled 11 o’clock
dered. nearly 6 in 10 American workers are vote.
INFLATION concerned that their paychecks won’t The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem-
Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, ‘‘our ex- stretch far enough to support them- pore. Without objection, it is so or-
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perts believe and the data shows that selves and their families. Another re- dered.
most of the price increases we’ve seen cent poll reported that 70 percent of f
. . . [are] expected to be temporary’’— Americans have had to cut back on
that is what President Biden said 1 other spending to afford necessities. CLOTURE MOTION
year ago this month, something his ad- Life in the Biden economy is grim. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem-
ministration has repeatedly echoed. At this point, how we got here is well- pore. Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair
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