ICYMI: Congressman Nick Langworthy Slams Bidenomics on the House Floor
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Wednesday, Congressman Nick Langworthy (NY-23) took to the House floor to share the real impact of President Biden’s reckless spending on American families.
Remarks as prepared for delivery:
“Mr. Speaker, this month, the United States national debt hit a record $34 trillion. In Fiscal Year 2023 alone, the United States owed $659 billion in interest on this debt, and you can expect that number to be much higher this year.
These numbers should alarm every American and make it clear that Bidenomics is not working — but the American people already know this.
The White House repeatedly lied, publicly praising themselves for a “healthy economy” and taking credit for meager post-pandemic numbers. The American people aren’t buying their false narrative.
Hardworking Americans are still struggling to pay their bills and balance their family budgets while the President and Democrats in Washington continue to spend carelessly.
According to a recent Axios poll, 72 percent of Americans say that grocery purchases are the top way they feel inflation in their lives, closely followed by gas prices at 56 percent.
They also found that two-thirds of Americans are worried that food prices will continue to climb.
I want to remind President Biden and my colleagues on the other side of the aisle that when you pass bloated spending packages that include Green New Deal funding, or money to build a new park named for Nancy Pelosi, or funding for gender programs in Pakistan, this isn’t monopoly money you’re playing with. You are spending the hard-earned tax dollars of people who wake up every day and go to work so that they can provide for their families. Our children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren will still be paying for this debt long after all of us are gone from this legislative body.
This kind of spending must end. We must reverse course now to secure our nation’s financial future; that’s why House Republicans have been focused on cutting federal spending, that’s why we worked to avoid a trillion-dollar Christmas omnibus, and that’s why we’re going to keep fighting to put this country back on the right track.
With that, I yield back.”