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I hope you saw my latest weekly column.

 

ROGER WICKER: President Fails to Shift Course
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President Biden delivered his State of the Union Address last Tuesday to a
nation burdened with crises at home and abroad. With inflation soaring through
the roof, our southern border wide open, and Russia waging war on Ukraine, the
President desperately needed to chart a new path forward. Instead, he doubled
down on the failed policies that got us here.

The President did manage to use a few lines that drew bipartisan applause,
particularly in support of our Ukrainian friends. Yet he seemed unable to
recognize that his own weakness – starting with his botched exit from
Afghanistan – is what emboldened Vladimir Putin to act so recklessly. On the
domestic front, the President offered up a stale rehash of his tax-and-spend
agenda, which has already met a wall of bipartisan opposition in Congress. His
speech made it painfully obvious that he is out of ideas and unwilling to adapt
to the nation’s urgent needs.

Biden Orders Up More Inflation

One of President Biden’s greatest economic failures has been his inability to
control inflation, which has reached a 40-year high and is now costing the
average family an extra $385 per month
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. Rising prices are falling hardest on those living on fixed incomes and
vulnerable low-income Americans, who have to spend a larger share of their
budgets on essentials.

The President gave lip service to inflation, saying his “top priority” is to
get prices under control. Yet he then proceeded to push for a laundry list of
socialist spending priorities, seemingly unaware that this would make inflation
even worse. Opposition to the Biden plan has been bipartisan. Larry Summers, an
economist who served under two Democrat Presidents, has warned against more
reckless spending and now predicts there is a 50-50 chance of a recession
largely owing to inflation. Republicans have strongly opposed the President’s
irresponsible spending plans.

Gas Prices Up $1 Per Gallon Under Biden

President Biden acknowledged the pain we are all feeling at the gas pump. Yet
once again, he failed to take responsibility for his key role in provoking this
energy crisis.

Before Mr. Biden became President, our nation with its abundant sources of gas
and oil had become energy independent under President Trump. Yet Biden began
reversing that success almost immediately after taking office. He killed the
Keystone XL Pipeline project, suspended new drilling leases on federal lands
and waters, and rejoined the Paris Climate Agreement, which will needlessly
kill energy jobs while doing little to protect the environment. As a result of
these decisions, experts predict we will soon lose our status as a net energy
exporter, making us more dependent on dictatorships like Saudi Arabia and
Russia. The President is stifling U.S. energy production at the worst possible
time, and we can expect even higher gas prices to come.

Southern Border Still in Chaos

The President made a rare admission in his speech that we need to “secure the
border.” I was surprised but grateful for that recognition. Illegal border
crossings have gone up 400 percent on his watch, and drug seizures are again on
the rise. Unfortunately, the President totally failed to offer any serious
solution to the crisis. He said nothing about funding the border wall – which
he has consistently opposed – and he gave no indication that he will get tough
on Mexico to stop migrant caravans before they reach our border, as President
Trump did. Until he actually visits the border and agrees to fund security
measures that work, it will be impossible to take the President’s words
seriously. Taken as a whole, his speech did little to inspire confidence in his
vision for our country.

 

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