Rep. Barry Moore recaps historic year of crises under Biden administration
Washington, D.C. — Rep. Barry Moore (AL-02) spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives upon the one-year anniversary of President Joe Biden being sworn into office about the historic crises the American people have suffered due to the weak leadership of the Biden administration.
Moore's remarks as prepared are below:
"Madam Speaker, I rise today to mark one year of the Biden Administration. What a year it’s been!
"The crises raging across our nation because of the incompetency of this administration threaten the lives and livelihoods of countless Americans.
"On his first day in office, President Biden gave a taste of what was to come by spitefully eliminating President Trump's border policies and stopping the wall, fueling a border crisis unseen in a generation.
"The drug and human trafficking that we’ve seen at our porous border reaches every community in our nation. Untold numbers of American families who’ve lost loved ones to drugs or violence will be broken forever.
"But instead of coming after criminals, Biden's Justice Department has focused its crosshairs on engaged parents, labelling concerns about un-American racist teachings and mask mandates as “domestic terrorism and hate crimes.”
"Our economy is in shambles. The Biden Jobs Deficit—the difference between jobs created and those Biden promised to create as part of his so-called stimulus from March—has swelled to 1.1 million.
"Historic inflation has now surged to the highest level in four decades. Gas and energy prices are the highest they’ve been since the Obama-Biden administration.
"The supply chain crisis has brought any economic recovery to a standstill. Have you been to the grocery store lately? Retailers are facing “a 12 percent out-of-stock level on many household staples. Empty shelves are the new norm.
"When stores can find supplies, they cost more, and cost more to ship. But even then, stores cannot find workers because of our labor crisis, leaving American consumers looking necessities from food to diapers empty-handed.
"And let’s not forget the pandemic. President Biden centered his campaign on having a solution for the virus. It is clear now, like every crisis we face, Biden has no plan.
"By resorting to harmful and unconstitutional mandates and shutdowns, President Biden is threatening the very liberty that is the foundation of this great American experiment.
"And there is Afghanistan, an issue that is very personal to me. What the Biden administration allowed to happen there, leaving so many Americans and allies behind to the Taliban, is an historic tragedy.
"But does Joe Biden seek unity? No. He resorts to smearing over half of the American people who disagree with his radical agenda.
"But that’s how the leadership of the Democratic Party in Washington thinks. They believe the country is theirs to govern as they wish, to force their will on you and me.
"Well, we’ve had one year of Democratic Party control in Washington. And in only one year, the Democratic Party has tried to take our country from us. I say its time we take it back."