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From the Speaker's Press Office:
Despite GOP Leaders' orders to keep quiet about their plans, the truth of the Republican agenda just keeps leaking out.
Days after top Senate GOPer Rick Scott doubled down on the GOP plan to raise taxes on "over half of Americans," Senator Ron Johnson announced Republicans will revive their obsession with repealing the Affordable Care Act and ripping away health coverage for more than 130 million Americans with pre-existing conditions.
From the Speaker's Press Office:
Meatpacking workers. Grocery store cashiers. Home health aides.
How does the GOP's new agenda thank the essential workers that our economy could not function without? With thousands of dollars in tax hikes.
From the Speaker's Press Office:
To those who've been waiting for Republicans to unveil an agenda, wait no more: in a splashy eleven-point plan unveiled by a top Senate Republican leader, the GOP declared its explicit intent to raise taxes on "over half of Americans" – doubling down on the long-standing GOP ambition of making seniors and families already struggling to make ends meet pay higher taxes.
From the Speaker's Press Office:
Local papers across the country are celebrating the Biden Administration's $14 billion Army Corps infrastructure investments announced last week. Made possible by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which House Republicans overwhelmingly opposed, these new federal investments in 500 projects across the country will improve infrastructure resilience, ease supply chain bottlenecks and create good-paying jobs for America's families.
From the Speaker's Press Office:
This week, the Biden Administration announced $14 billion in Army Corps investments in 500 projects across the nation, all of which are critical to keeping our economic recovery strong and many which are specifically focused on strengthening critical supply chains. These new investments, made possible by the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, will create jobs and economic opportunity, strengthen key water infrastructure projects, improve resiliency to the climate crisis and restore the environment.
It's pretty great stuff… which is why Congressional Representatives from across the country are celebrating local projects that have finally received funding. But once again, House Republicans have been caught voting no and taking the dough!
From the Speaker's Press Office:
President Biden and House Democrats are delivering durable economic growth with historic investments in infrastructure, a stronger supply chain, and American workers. Now, ahead of the holiday season, families are seeing presents arrive on time, gas prices beginning to fall, and a strong outlook for more durable economic growth for the United States even as other countries struggle to find their footing.
Here are the top stories about welcome economic news this holiday:
New York Times: Why Christmas Gifts Are Arriving on Time This Year
From the Speaker's Press Office:
This morning, 56 of America's top economists released a letter saying, "Congress can alleviate some of the strain caused by inflation by passing the Build Back Better Act, which will lower everyday costs for families, including child care, health care, utility bills, prescription drugs, and education."
See below for the full letter praising the cost-cutting and inflation fighting measures in the House-passed Build Back Better Act:
From the Speaker's Press Office:
The jig is up – corporate earnings calls are revealing the hidden culprit behind the rising prices facing Americans: big corporations are raking in more cash than ever – squeezing working families and jacking up inflation with their price gouging and profiteering.