Three Major Crises

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Ms. STEFANIK. Mr. Speaker, Americans across this country are facing crisis after crisis.

Just think, just over a year ago, in early 2020, our economy was booming, our standing in the world was strong, we had just rebuilt our Nation's military, and our communities and families were thriving.

Here we are, a little over one year later, in just over 100 days, President Biden and Speaker Pelosi have dismantled that foundation, and the American people are paying the price.

Americans are suffering under four crises from the far-left radical socialist policies of President Biden and Speaker Pelosi.

First, American families are facing an economic crisis, fueled by trillions of dollars in uncontrolled spending, rampant inflation, and unemployment benefits that incentivize workers to stay home while businesses are desperate to hire employees.

We just experienced one of the worst jobs reports in over 20 years, with unemployment rising, cost of living increasing every single day, and small businesses unable to hire. This impacts every hardworking American family, and it is a crisis with no end in sight, except the trillions and trillions of dollars in new taxes proposed by President Biden and Speaker Pelosi.

Second, American families are facing an energy crisis. This is the first time my generation is experiencing widespread gas lines and stations with no gas. If we do find gas, Americans are paying more at the pump than they have in 7 years. This is unacceptable, and it is unaffordable for every American family.

Third, President Biden and Speaker Pelosi have single-handedly created a historic border crisis leading to rampant human trafficking, an influx of criminals and dangerous drugs, like fentanyl, rushing across the border.

And make no mistake, this does not just affect our border States along the southern border, every State in this country is a border State and every city is a border city experiencing the consequences of this border crisis.

Fourth, the world is watching in horror as we are facing a national security crisis in the Middle East and a resurgent Russia and China. Israel is under attack by Iranian-backed terrorists, and our radical socialist Democrat colleagues across the aisle cannot decide whose side they are on.

Let me be clear, my colleagues, the Republicans, we stand with Israel. More importantly, the American people stand with Israel. And these four crises are impacting every American family across this Nation. In my district, in New York's 21st District, small businesses have more ``Help Wanted'' signs than they have workers. Restaurants, like Ted's Fish Fry in Upstate New York, have been forced to close one day a week, just as we are heading into summer, because they are unable to hire workers.

Families are bearing the brunt of the abrupt tax hikes caused by skyrocketing gas prices. Border patrol agents that should be securing our northern border have been sent to the southern border, leaving hundreds of miles of border in my district exposed to drug traffickers and criminals.

And people are struggling to grasp the unthinkable. How is the Biden administration negotiating with Iran, the world's largest state sponsor of terror, who has targeted our friends, neighbors, and the soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division in my home district.

Republicans and the American people are united in rallying against the destructive, radical far-left policies of Biden and Pelosi, causing crisis after crisis in our country every day.

We will continue to stand strongly with American workers, American families, small businesses, as well as our allies around the world. And we will fight back against these policies that have led to the devastation and destruction across this country.

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