Liars Govern America. Why Won’t Democrats Tell the Truth?

Update July 23, 2022:

When Democrats tell us that violence is not part of their political agenda they are lying.

While the president recovered from COVID-19 someone in his press office must have sneaked in his three-sentence statement denouncing Thursday’s attack on New York Republican Congressman Lee Zeldin. Whoever wrote it condemned violence in our politics:

I condemn the attack on Congressman Zeldin in the strongest terms. As I’ve said before, violence has absolutely no place in our society or our politics.²⁰⁸

Biden’s statement is not true, of course. Politically-motivated violence is absolutely critical to the Democrat Party’s policy agenda. Threats of physical harm, property damage, and death are routinely ignored by Democrats unless they are directed at a member of the party, in which case the sky falls, the wagons are circled, and go-nowhere legislation is immediately passed to make sure whatever happened never happens again.

If Nancy Pelosi has anything to say about the attack on Zeldin I haven’t found it and don’t expect to. The day after the assault she was busy meeting with the UAW about her CHIPS Act, apparently unperturbed by questions raised over her husband’s Nvidia stock purchase.

Democrats track record on political violence is absolutely appalling and with good reason. They have the political might to forgive and forget whatever they choose at any level of government. New York’s no cash bail law meant Zeldin’s attacker was quickly set free while Pelosi’s January 6th Kangaroo Court schemed to punish Steve Bannon for not submitting to the will of her sham partisan tribunal.

The Democrat Party’s promotion of political violence is nothing new. Perpetually angry Maxine Waters (D-CA) sought the headlines in June 2018 by telling the left to harass Trump administration officials in public. She also handed George Floyd protesters their marching orders in April 2021:

Question: “Congresswoman, what happens if we do not get what you just told, what should the people do, what should protestors on the street do?”
Representative Waters: “…I didn’t hear you.”

Repeated question: “What should protestors do…”

Representative Waters: “Well, we gotta stay on the street, and we have got to get more active, we have to get more confrontational, we have got to make sure that they know that we mean business.”

Question: “What do you think about curfew tonight?”

Representative Waters: “I don’t think anything about curfew. I don’t know what curfew means. Curfew means I want you to stop talking. It means I want you to stop leading. I want you to stop gathering. I don’t agree with that.”
²⁰⁹

This led Republicans to issue a letter to Nancy Pelosi demanding Waters’ censure. The outcome was predictable. So was the result of H.Res. 697’s call for censure after Waters promoted the Haitian migrant whipping hoax that aroused an uproar from the left and a public rebuke from gullible Joe Biden.

Senator Chuck Schumer’s infamous threats against Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neal Gorsuch were similarly disregarded as was AOC’s recent public approval of protesters confronting Justice Kavanaugh in a Washington, D.C. restaurant.

Political power gives Democrats the might to issue these public endorsements of confrontation and potential violence against their political opponents with no fear of punishment. Even Supreme Court Justices who are protected by statute are fair game. We saw the results of their strategy with the foiled assassination attempt on the life of Justice Kavanaugh. Eventually we’ll find out what was behind the attack on Congressman Zeldin.

Democrats have an established track record for promoting violence that expanded nationwide after the killing of George Floyd. As November approaches and their desperation to retain power grows their rhetoric will become increasingly volatile. Calls for a “summer of rage” and domestic terror attacks on reproductive health centers are part of a policy agenda they will deny, but like the harrassment of our SCOTUS justices refuse to condemn.

Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler warns:

Now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, the Left must resist their calls for “a summer of rage” and pledges to be “ungovernable.”

This violence must stop – inside the womb and outside the womb.²¹⁰

The threat of violence won’t stop as long as Democrats are in power. Not only do they refuse to acknowledge domestic terror at the hands of their foot soldiers, their words serve to inspire political violence as a means of achieving their party’s goals.

UPDATE July 28, 2022:

Recession lies, gaslighting, and a Democrat Party Inflation Reduction Act that’s not really about inflation.

This morning we’re in a recession that isn’t. The Biden White House has been hard at work gaslighting the nation to convince us that Democrats haven’t put the final nail in our economy’s coffin. The endless stream of lies from Washington won’t help buy food or gas for Americans already struggling to survive the repercussions from what this president and the Democrat Party have done to the growing Trump economy their radical socialist climate agenda took out with the trash.

Fortunately, we have Nancy Pelosi to watch our backs. We may not be able to afford groceries or gas, but the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 she is boasting as a victory for People Over Politics contains “House Democratic priorities” she wants you to care about:

reduces the cost of health care for millions by extending ACA subsidies for three more years;

allows Medicare to negotiate the price of prescription drugs;

combats the climate crisis by reducing carbon pollution by roughly 40 percent by 2030; and

lowers energy costs and advances energy security.²¹¹

Not being in a recession also means the speaker can also propose a 15% corporate tax increase that won’t be passed down to consumers. That’s a tremendous relief because that’s usually how a corporate tax hike works. She doesn’t mention why this time will be different because, of course, it won’t.

Pelosi applauds this bill as a “remarkable achievement” and a “victory for America’s families and for protecting our planet”²¹² even though Democrats made these goals fundamentally incompatible. The speaker is savvy enough to know that by the time this legislation is passed these lies won’t matter and a new batch of lies will emerge to explain why this victory for families only made our lives worse and their lives so much better.

Update August 3, 2022:

Are they bald-faced liars, or is this what Democrats really believe about what they’ve done to us?

When Democrats come up with a phrase that they think might resonate with their voters they like to repeat it over and over and over, as if repetition makes what they are saying true. It doesn’t.

Nancy Pelosi isn’t the only Democrat preaching people over politics. As we pointed out last week, the truth is politics over people. If this wasn’t true, the nation would not continue to descend into the Biden socialist sinkhole.

It’s lucky for us that Democratic Caucus Chair Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) can adopt a positive tone and set us straight on his party’s enormous accomplishments for the people:

That’s what House Democrats have been all about. People over politics, lower costs, better-paying jobs, safer communities. We don’t just talk about it, we are about it.²¹³

Really?

That’s past tense, mind you and not the usual “we’re about to do something that will make a huge difference in your life at any moment” that we’re used to, though the congressman got around to that later when he promised Democrats “will make a difference.”²¹⁴

When you live in a political Disneyland where recessions are not recessions, an open border is secure, high prices and massive inflation are healthy, and something as simple as defining what a man or woman is or which gender bears children is no longer possible, you can say anything you want because reality can’t compete with politics. Think about this accomplishment:

And, of course, safer communities in the midst of a gun violence epidemic. For the first time in 30 years, under the leadership of President Biden, Speaker Pelosi, Leader Schumer, Democrats in the House and the Senate, we’ve enacted meaningful gun safety legislation.²¹⁵

When Democrats do something to crack down on the street level crime that plagues their cities and makes them anything but safe, like the scores of people shot in Chicago every weekend, then we’ll take them seriously. Until then, this is just another example of politics over people. Liberal public officials make sure the door doesn’t hit criminals on the backside when they are returned to the streets while Democrats with private security live nice lives far away from the violent urban hellholes where they claim they are making a difference.

At least we can depend on House Vice Chair Pete Aguilar (D-CA) to tell the truth about what matters:

We had another January 6 Committee hearing with 17 million people tuning in and I think Adam Kinzinger summed it up best when he said we had a president who didn’t fail to act, he chose not to act while the insurrection was taking place and the violent assault on the Capitol.²¹⁶

Let’s set aside the fact that weepy Kinzinger isn’t running for reelection and has nothing to lose no matter what he says or does. Americans aren’t stupid. Democrats’ January 6 Kangaroo Court has successfully blocked the truth by insulating Nancy Pelosi from the proceedings, which means the tribunal can continue to spread the story that Trump “chose not to act” despite evidence that it was the speaker who failed to protect the Capitol. As Republicans detailed in a February 15, 2021 letter requesting information from Pelosi:

It has been widely reported and confirmed by multiple sources that when Chief Sund requested the National Guard be activated ahead of the January 6th Joint Session of Congress, the response from the [Sergeant at Arms] SAA, acting on your behalf, was that the “optics” of having the National Guard on-site were not good and the intelligence didn’t support the move.²¹⁷

Americans paying outrageous food and fuel prices while they dodge random bullets on Democrat city streets is not about people over politics. Neither is lying about the economy and putting January 6th first and foremost when inflation is what polls show Americans are worried about. Even before Joe Biden’s recession that isn’t, Pew Research reported that “seven-in-ten Americans” put inflation at the top of the list of America’s biggest problems.²¹⁸

How do Democrats respond? Let’s go right to the top and get the facts from Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and National Economic Council Director Brian Deese:

And so the totality of the economic data is consistent with that type of transition, and is not consistent with a recession.²¹⁹

So there you have it. We are not in a recession. We are in a transition. Most Americans would agree with the truth in that, though it’s not the kind of transition the White House wants us to believe in. Instead, it’s the kind we get when the ruling Democrat Party puts Green New Deal politics over people and then lies about it.

Update August 8, 2022:

Honesty from Harris about how her party’s new bill will reduce inflation?

Kamala Harris cast the deciding Senate vote for the Democrat Party’s latest spending binge. The Inflation Reduction Act is headed back to Pelosi’s House, where it will cross the finish line. The speaker already promised results:

This legislation will also fight inflation – including with an historic investment in paying down the deficit – while being fully paid for by making the largest corporations pay their fair share.²²⁰

So did Senate Democrats, who placed reducing inflation dead last on their list of the bill’s accomplishments:

The Inflation Reduction Act will lower costs, make historic investments in the fight against climate change, ensure big corporations and the wealthiest few individuals pay their fair share in taxes, reduce the deficit, and reduce inflation.²²¹

Joe Biden agrees:

This bill tackles inflation by lowering the deficit and lowering costs for regular families.²²²

How about tie-breaker Kamala Harris? Oddly, the vice president never once used the word “inflation” when she took her victory lap Sunday.²²³ A member of the press asked “No doubt it will reduce inflation?” and immediately segued to the midterms. Was this a faux pas? Were questions about inflation forbidden? Harris responded with this mess of words:

We’ll see, but I think what it means is that right now, regardless of an election, that the American people are being seen and — seen and they’re being heard. And one of the things that they want is that their leaders get things done, fix the problems, offer solutions. What happened today is tremendous in terms of the solutions that are being offered (inaudible).²²⁴

Perhaps she is under the delusion that her party still stands a chance in November because of the disinformation spread about this joint Green New Deal-Build Back Better wannabe. If she’s hedging her bets about a Harris candidacy in 2024, she’s worse off than we feared.

Most Americans understand economics better than the socialist climate doomsayers in the Biden administration who display an appalling unfamiliarity with how the truth works. Fortunately, we have the Congressional Budget Office to tell the truth about what this spending spree will accomplish:

In calendar year 2022, enacting the bill would have a negligible effect on inflation, in CBO’s assessment. In calendar year 2023, inflation would probably be between 0.1 percentage point lower and 0.1 percentage point higher under the bill than it would be under current law, CBO estimates.²²⁵

That’s not very reassuring considering we’re at 9.1% now. Neither is the CBO’s assessment of what forcing corporations to fund the Democrat Party’s piggy bank will accomplish:

In CBO’s assessment, the proposed new corporate minimum tax would reduce the incentive for those large corporations to invest, primarily by limiting the tax benefit of accelerated depreciation and by decreasing the after-tax return on their new investment.²²⁶

Remember how some Americans preferred staying at home to working during the pandemic because they made more money sitting on the couch?

In addition, enacting the bill would reduce the incentives of some people to work, mainly because of the enhanced health insurance subsidies, pushing down output and pushing up inflation.²²⁷

At least we now have proof that America’s vice president can read.

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²“Pelosi Remarks Upon Reconvening of the House of Representatives.” pelosi.house.gov. January 6, 2021. https://pelosi.house.gov/news/press-releases/pelosi-remarks-upon-reconvening-of-the-house-of-representatives, retrieved July 10, 2021.

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⁴Ibid.

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⁷“Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by President Biden — Address to a Joint Session of Congress.” whitehouse.gov. April 28, 2021. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/04/28/remarks-as-prepared-for-delivery-by-president-biden-address-to-a-joint-session-of-congress/, retrieved July 16, 2021.

⁸“Statement from Assistant Speaker Clark in Honor of Juneteenth National Independence Day.” katherineclark.house.gov. June 19, 2021. https://katherineclark.house.gov/press-releases?ID=62560598-29D9-4770-9847-119FEFA341F1, retrieved July 10, 2021

⁹“Chairman Jeffries Statement on Supreme Court Decision Restricting Voting Rights.” dems.gov. July 1, 2021. https://www.dems.gov/newsroom/press-releases/chairman-jeffries-statement-on-supreme-court-decision-restricting-voting-rights-, retrieved July 10, 2021.

¹⁰“Statement from Assistant Speaker Clark in Honor of Juneteenth National Independence Day.” katherineclark.house.gov. Op. cit.

¹¹“Remarks by President Biden on Protecting the Sacred, Constitutional Right to Vote.” whitehouse.gov. July 13, 2021. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/07/13/remarks-by-president-biden-on-protecting-the-sacred-constitutional-right-to-vote/, retrieved July 14, 2021.

¹²Ibid.

¹³“Remarks by Vice President Harris, Secretary of Homeland Security Mayorkas, Chairman Durbin, and Representative Escobar in Press Conference.” whitehouse.gov. June 25, 2021. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/06/25/remarks-by-vice-president-harris-secretary-of-homeland-security-mayorkas-chairman-durbin-and-representative-escobar-in-press-conference/, retrieved July 10, 2021.

¹⁴“Remarks by Vice President Harris During Meeting with Advocates from Faith-Based NGOs, and Shelter and Legal Service Providers.” whitehouse.gov. June 25, 2021. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/06/25/remarks-by-vice-president-harris-during-meeting-with-advocates-from-faith-based-ngos-and-shelter-and-legal-service-providers/, retrieved July 15, 2021.

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¹⁸“Remarks by President Biden on Protecting the Sacred, Constitutional Right to Vote.” whitehouse.gov. Op. cit.

¹⁹ “Week in Review: Chairman Jeffries Outlines Transformational Child Tax Credit for Everyday Americans as Payments Hit Millions of Family Bank Accounts.” dems.gov. July 16, 2021. https://www.dems.gov/newsroom/press-releases/-week-in-review-chairman-jeffries-outlines-transformational-child-tax-credit-for-everyday-americans-as-payments-hit-millions-of-family-bank-accounts_-, retrieved July 18, 2021.

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²²Ibid.

²³Ibid.

²⁴Pelosi Statement on Republican Recommendations to Serve on the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol.” speaker.gov. July 21, 2021. https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/72121-2, retrieved July 25, 2021.

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²⁶“Pelosi Statement on Final Installment of Senate Intelligence Committee’s Bipartisan Report on Trump-Russia Election Interference.” speaker.gov. August 18, 2020. https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/81820, retrieved July 25, 2020.

²⁷“FACT SHEET: U.S. Assistance to Haiti.” whitehouse.gov. July 13, 2021. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/07/13/fact-sheet-u-s-assistance-to-haiti/, retrieved July 26, 2021.

²⁸“Dear Colleague on Advancing the Build Back Better Plan for the Children.” speaker.gov. August 21, 2021. https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/82121, retrieved August 22, 201.

²⁹Ibid.

³⁰Ibid.

³¹“Smith: Bernie’s Budget a “Roadmap to Ruin for America’s Working Families.” republicans-budget.house.gov. August 9, 2021. https://republicans-budget.house.gov/press-release/smith-bernies-budget-a-roadmap-to-ruin-for-americas-working-families/, retrieved August 22, 2021.

³²“Dear Colleague on Supreme Court Ruling on Eviction Moratorium.” speaker.gov. August 27, 2021. https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/82721-0, retrieved August 29, 2021.

³³“Pelosi Statement on Supreme Court Ruling on Eviction Moratorium.” August 27, 2021. https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/82721, retrieved August 29, 2021.

³⁴“Pelosi Announces Nearly $17 Million to Combat Homelessness in San Francisco.” pelosi.house.gov. January 6, 2005. https://pelosi.house.gov/news/press-releases/pelosi-announces-nearly-17-million-to-combat-homelessness-in-san-francisco, retrieved August 29, 2021.

³⁵Rufo, Christopher. “How San Francisco’s Progressive Politices Made the Homelessness Crisis Worse.” August 21, 2020. https://www.heritage.org/housing/commentary/how-san-franciscos-progressive-policies-made-the-homelessness-crisis-worse, retrieved August 29, 2021.

³⁶“Pelosi Statement on August Jobs Report.” speaker.gov. September 3, 2021. https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/9321, retrieved September 3, 2021.

³⁷Ibid.

³⁸Ibid.

³⁹ Mulligan, Casey, Moore, Stephen, and Antoni, E.J. “Bonus Unemployment Benefits Are Causing Major Labor Shortage in America.” committeetounleashprosperity.com. June 2021. p. 3 https://committeetounleashprosperity.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/CTUP_BonusUnemploymentBenefitsReport.pdf, retrieved September 4, 2021.

⁴⁰“Transcript of Speaker Pelosi’s Remarks at Austin Press Conference on Build Back Better Health Care Priorities.” speaker.gov. September 2, 2021. https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/9221-0, retrieved September 4, 2021.

⁴¹Ibid.

⁴²“Remarks by President Biden in Honor of Labor Unions.” whitehouse.gov. September 8, 2021. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/09/08/remarks-by-president-biden-in-honor-of-labor-unions/, retrieved September 8, 2021.

⁴³Ibid.

⁴⁴“Rep. Raskin Joins Ocasio-Cortez & Markey in Introducing Green New Deal Resolution.” raskin.house.gov. April 20, 2021. https://raskin.house.gov/press-releases?ID=16760915-D62C-422C-B9CD-774AEF5E433B, retrieved September 20, 2021.

⁴⁵“Menendez Joined by 25 Senators in Officially Introducing the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021.” menendez.senate.gov. February 22, 2021. https://www.menendez.senate.gov/newsroom/press/menendez-joined-by-25-senators-in-officially-introducing-the-us-citizenship-act-of-2021, retrieved September 20, 2021.

⁴⁶“Schumer: Deeply Disappointed By Parliamentarian’s Decision – Vows To Continue Fight, Will Pursue Alternative Proposals In Budget Reconciliation.” democrats.senate.gov. September 19, 2021. https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/schumer-deeply-disappointed-by-parliamentarians-decision_vows-to-continue-fight-will-pursue-alternate-proposals-in-budget-reconciliation, retrieved September 20, 2021.

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⁵¹“Chairman Jeffries: “We Will Crush the Virus, Create Millions of Good-Paying Jobs and Fix Our Crumbling Infrastructure.” dems.gov. October 20, 2021. https://www.dems.gov/newsroom/press-releases/chairman-jeffries-we-will-crush-the-virus-create-millions-of-good-paying-jobs-and-fix-our-crumbling-infrastructure, retrieved October 21, 2021.

⁵²“Transcript of Pelosi Interview on CNN’s State of the Union With Jake Tapper.” speaker.gov. October 24, 2021. https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/102421, retrieved October 24, 2021.

⁵³“Pelosi Statement on 2022 Affordable Care Act Open Enrollment Period.” speaker.gov. November 1, 2021. https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/11121-1, retrieved November 1, 2021.

⁵⁴Ibid.

⁵⁵“Statement by President Joe Biden on the 2022 Open Enrollment Period.” whitehouse.gov. November 1, 2021. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/11/01/statement-by-president-joe-biden-on-the-2022-open-enrollment-period/, retrieved November 1, 2021.

⁵⁶“Remarks by President Biden on Passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal.” whitehouse.gov. November 6, 2021. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/11/06/remarks-by-president-biden-on-passage-of-the-bipartisan-infrastructure-deal/, retrieved November 13, 2021.

⁵⁷Ibid.

⁵⁸Ibid.

⁵⁹“Wicker: Biden Undermines U.S. Energy Independence.” wicker.senate.gov. August 30, 2021. https://www.wicker.senate.gov/2021/8/wicker-biden-undermines-u-s-energy-independence, retrieved November 23, 2021.

⁶⁰” Executive Order on Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis.” whitehouse.gov. January 20, 2021. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/20/executive-order-protecting-public-health-and-environment-and-restoring-science-to-tackle-climate-crisis/, retrieved November 23, 2021.

⁶¹Ibid.

⁶²“Background Press Call by Senior Administration Officials on Oil and Gas Prices.” whitehouse.gov. November 23, 2021. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/11/23/background-press-call-by-senior-administration-officials-on-oil-and-gas-prices/, retrieved November 23, 2021.

⁶³Ibid.

⁶⁴“Speaker Pelosi’s Remarks at San Francisco Press Event on Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.” speaker.gov. November 23, 2021. https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/112321, retrieved November 26, 2021.

⁶⁵Ibid.

⁶⁶Ibid.

⁶⁷“State Employment and Unemployment Summary.” bls.gov. November 19, 2021. https://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm, retrieved November 26, 2021.

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⁷⁰Ibid.

⁷¹“Five things to know about omicron, new COVID-19 ‘variant of concern.’ thehill.com. November 26, 2021. https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/583200-five-things-to-know-about-the-b11529-variant, retrieved November 27, 2021.

⁷²“Statement by President Joe Biden on the Omicron COVID-?19 Variant.” whitehouse.gov. Op. cit.

⁷³“FACT SHEET: Vice President Harris Launches a Call to Action to the Private Sector to Deepen Investment in the Northern Triangle.” whitehouse.gov. May 27, 2021. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/05/27/fact-sheet-vice-president-harris-launches-a-call-to-action-to-the-private-sector-to-deepen-investment-in-the-northern-triangle/, retrieved December 13, 2021.

⁷⁴Vice President Kamala Harris Announces New Commitments as Part of the Call to Action for the Private Sector to Deepen Investment in Central America, Now Totaling Over $1.2 Billion. whitehouse.gov. December 13, 2021. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/12/13/vice-president-kamala-harris-announces-new-commitments-as-part-of-the-call-to-action-for-the-private-sector-to-deepen-investment-in-central-america-now-totaling-over-1-2-billion/, retrieved December 13 2021.

⁷⁵Hutchinson, Bill. “‘It’s just crazy’: 12 major cities hit all-time homicide records.” abcnews.go.com. December 8, 2021. https://abcnews.go.com/US/12-major-us-cities-top-annual-homicide-records/story?id=81466453, retrieved December 14, 2021.

⁷⁶“Pelosi Statement Marking Nine Years Since the Shooting in Newtown.” speaker.gov. December 14, 2021. https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/121421, retrieved December 14, 2021.

⁷⁷“FACT SHEET: Highlights From The Biden Administration’s Historic Efforts To Reduce Gun Violence.” whitehouse.gov. December 14, 2021. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/12/14/fact-sheet-highlights-from-the-biden-administrations-historic-efforts-to-reduce-gun-violence/, retrieved December 14, 2021.

⁷⁸“Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Jen Psaki En Route Orangeburg, SC.” whitehouse.gov. December 17, 2021. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2021/12/17/press-gaggle-by-press-secretary-jen-psaki-en-route-orangeburg-sc/, retrieved December 17, 2021.

⁷⁹“Pelosi Statement on Senate Parliamentarian Ruling on Immigration Provisions of Build Back Better Act.” whitehouse.gov. December 16, 2021. https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/121621-0, retrieved December 17, 2021.

⁸⁰“Pelosi Statement on House Democrats Holding Five Hundred ‘Democrats Deliver’ Events Across the Nation.” speaker.gov. December 20, 2021. https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/122021-1, retrieved December 21, 2021.

⁸¹“Press Briefing by White House COVID-?19 Response Team and Public Health Officials.” whitehouse.gov. November 17, 2021. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2021/11/17/press-briefing-by-white-house-covid-19-response-team-and-public-health-officials-68/, retrieved December 21, 2021.

⁸²“Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials.” whitehouse.gov. November 17, 2021. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2021/11/17/press-briefing-by-white-house-covid-19-response-team-and-public-health-officials-68/, retrieved December 21, 2021.

⁸³Ibid.

⁸⁴Ibid.

⁸⁵Ibid.

⁸⁶Ibid.

⁸⁷“Remarks by President Biden on the Fight Against COVID-?19.” whitehouse.gov. December 21, 2021. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/12/21/remarks-by-president-biden-on-the-fight-against-covid-19/, retrieved December 21, 2021.

⁸⁸“Rep. Vela: ‘The President of the United States of America has admitted to mass murder.” whitehouse.gov. September 10, 2020. https://vela.house.gov/2020/9/rep-vela-the-president-of-the-united-states-of-america-has-admitted-to-mass-murder, retrieved December 21, 2021.

⁸⁹“Press Briefing by White House COVID-?19 Response Team and Public Health Officials.” whitehouse.gov. January 5, 2022. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2022/01/05/press-briefing-by-white-house-covid-19-response-team-and-public-health-officials-77/, retrieved January 5, 2022.

⁹⁰“Remarks by President Biden Before Meeting on COVID-?19.” whitehouse.gov. January 4, 2022. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/01/04/remarks-by-president-biden-before-meeting-on-covid-19/, retrieved January 5, 2022.

⁹¹Ibid.

⁹²Remarks by Vice President Harris Marking One Year Since the January 6th Deadly Assault on the U.S. Capitol.” whitehouse.gov. January 6, 2022. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/01/06/remarks-by-vice-president-harris-marking-one-year-since-the-january-6th-deadly-assault-on-the-u-s-capitol/, retrieved January 7, 2022.

⁹³Ibid.

⁹⁴Ibid.

⁹⁵Ibid.

⁹⁶Ibid.

⁹⁷Ibid.

⁹⁸Ibid.

⁹⁹“Pelosi, Schumer Joint Statement Marking One Year of the Biden Presidency.” whitehouse.gov. January 20, 2022. https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/12022, retrieved January 20, 2022.

¹⁰⁰Ibid.

¹⁰¹“Remarks by President Biden At a Democratic National Committee Grassroots Event.” whitehouse.gov. January 21, 2022. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/01/21/remarks-by-president-biden-at-a-democratic-national-committee-grassroots-event/, retrieved January 25, 2022.

¹⁰²Ibid.

¹⁰³“Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, January 24, 2022.” whitehouse.gov. January 24, 2022. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2022/01/24/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-jen-psaki-january-24-2022/, retrieved January 25, 2022.

¹⁰⁴“Remarks by President Biden At a Democratic National Committee Grassroots Event.” whitehouse.gov. January 21, 2022. Op. cit.

¹⁰⁵“Hoyer Statement on President Biden’s Historically Productive First Year in Office.” majorityleader.gov. January 20, 2022. https://www.majorityleader.gov/content/hoyer-statement-president-bidens-historically-productive-first-year-office, retrieved January 26, 2022.

¹⁰⁶Ibid.

¹⁰⁷“Remarks by President Biden on Building a Better America.” whitehouse.gov. January 28, 2022. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/01/28/remarks-by-president-biden-on-building-a-better-america/, retrieved January 29, 2022.

¹⁰⁸“Fact Sheet: A Year Advancing Environmental Justice.” whitehouse.gov. January 26, 2022. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/01/26/fact-sheet-a-year-advancing-environmental-justice/, retrieved January 30, 2022.

¹⁰⁹“FACT SHEET: President Biden Takes Executive Actions to Tackle the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, Create Jobs, and Restore Scientific Integrity Across Federal Government.” whitehouse.gov. January 27, 2021. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/01/27/fact-sheet-president-biden-takes-executive-actions-to-tackle-the-climate-crisis-at-home-and-abroad-create-jobs-and-restore-scientific-integrity-across-federal-government/, retrieved January 29, 2022.

¹¹⁰“FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Hits the Ground Running 60 Days into Infrastructure Implementation.” whitehouse.gov. January 14, 2022. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/01/14/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-hits-the-ground-running-60-days-into-infrastructure-implementation/, retrieved January 29, 2022.

¹¹¹“Rep. Granger Opposes Democrats’ So-Called “Infrastructure” Bill.” kaygrainger.house.gov. November 6, 2021. https://kaygranger.house.gov/2021/11/rep-granger-opposes-democrats-so-called-infrastructure-bill, retrieved January 29, 2022.

¹¹²“For the People.” speaker.gov. https://forthepeople.speaker.gov/, retrieved February 17, 2022.

¹¹³“Chairman Jeffries: “No Matter What it Takes, We’re Going to Defend Our Democracy.” dems.gov. January 11, 2022. https://www.dems.gov/newsroom/press-releases/chairman-jeffries-no-matter-what-it-takes-were-going-to-defend-our-democracy, retrieved February 17, 2022.

¹¹⁴“Statement from Rep. Peter DeFazio on Derek Chauvin Trial Verdict.” defazio.house.gov. April 20, 2021. https://defazio.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/statement-from-rep-peter-defazio-on-derek-chauvin-trial-verdict, retrieved February 18, 2022.

¹¹⁵“GOP Finally Unveils Their Agenda: Raise Taxes on Seniors & Hard-Working Americans.” speaker.gov. February 22, 2022. https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/22222-1, retrieved February 22, 2022.

¹¹⁶“Chairman Nadler Floor Statement in Support of H.R. 55, the Emmett Till Antilynching Act.” nadler.house.gov. February 28, 2022. https://nadler.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=394792, retrieved March 1, 2022.

¹¹⁷Ibid.

¹¹⁸“Pelosi Statement on House Passage of the Emmett Till Antilynching Act.” speaker.gov. February 28, 2022. https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/22822-4, retrieved March 1, 2022.

¹¹⁹Ibid.

¹²⁰“New State-By-State Analysis of GOP Tax Hike Plan: Crushing Tax Increases for Families Across America.” speaker.gov. March 14, 2022. https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/3822-1, retrieved March 14, 2022.

¹²¹“Transcript of Speaker Pelosi’s Remarks at Weekly Press Conference.” speaker.gov. March 17, 2022. https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/31722-6, retrieved March 18, 2022.

¹²²Ibid.

¹²³“Letter to Honorable Antony J. Blinken.” republicans-oversight.house.gov. March 17, 2022. https://republicans-oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Letter-to-Blinken-031722.pdf, retrieved March 18, 2022.

¹²⁴“Transcript of Speaker Pelosi’s Remarks at Weekly Press Conference.” speaker.gov. March 17, 2022. Op. cit.

¹²⁵“Readout of the March National Climate Task Force Meeting.” whitehouse.gov. March 15, 2022. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/03/15/readout-of-the-march-national-climate-task-force-meeting/, retrieved March 18, 2022.

¹²⁶Ibid.

¹²⁷“Rep. DeFazio Introduces Bill to Fight Big Oil’s Greed and Provide Rebates to American Consumers.” defazio.house.gov. March 16, 2022. https://defazio.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-defazio-introduces-bill-to-fight-big-oil-s-greed-and-provide-rebates, retrieved March 18, 2022.

¹²⁸“CHC Statement on Revoking Title 42.” chc.house.gov. March 10, 2022. https://chc.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/chc-statement-on-revoking-title-42, retrieved March 3, 2022.

¹²⁹Ibid.

¹³⁰“CHC Statement on Continuation of Title 42.” chc.house.gov. March 12, 2022. https://chc.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/chc-statement-on-continuation-of-title-42, retrieved March 23, 2022.

¹³¹“CHC Statement on Revoking Title 42.” chc.house.gov. March 10, 2022. Op. cit.

¹³²“Pressley, Jones Demand Biden Administration End Title 42, Cease Deportatons to Haiti.” pressley.house.gov. March 16, 2022. https://pressley.house.gov/media/press-releases/pressley-jones-demand-biden-administration-end-title-42-cease-deportations, retrieved March 23, 2022.

¹³³“Remarks by President Biden Announcing the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget.” whitehouse.gov. March 28, 2022. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/03/28/remarks-by-president-biden-announcing-the-fiscal-year-2023-budget/, retrieved March 29, 2022.

¹³⁴Ibid.

¹³⁵Ibid.

¹³⁶“Pelosi Statement on President Biden’s FY23 Budget Request.” speaker.gov. March 28, 2022. https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/32822, retrieved March 29, 2022.

¹³⁷“Remarks by President Biden Announcing the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget.” whitehouse.gov. March 28, 2022. Op. cit.

¹³⁸Ibid.

¹³⁹“Norton Introduces Bill to Remove Gender Designation Requirement from REAL ID Act for LGBTQ History Month.” norton.house.gov. October 12, 2021. https://norton.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/norton-introduces-bill-to-remove-gender-designation-requirement-from, retrieved April 1, 2022.

¹⁴⁰“Wexton and Fellow Co-Chairs of Transgender Equality Task Force Lead Resolution Recognizing Transgender Day of Visibility.” lgbtq.house.gov. March 31, 2022. https://lgbtq.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/wexton-and-fellow-co-chairs-of-transgender-equality-task-force-lead, retrieved April 1,2022.

¹⁴¹Chan Swe, Nyein et al. “The effects of gender-affirming hormone therapy on cardiovascular and skeletal health: A literature review.” Metabolism open vol. 13 100173. 3 Mar. 2022, doi:10.1016/j.metop.2022.100173.

¹⁴²“Chairman Jeffries: “President Biden is Laying the Foundation for an Incredible Economic Turnaround.” dems.gov. April 5, 2022. https://www.dems.gov/newsroom/press-releases/chairman-jeffries-president-biden-is-laying-the-foundation-for-an-incredible-economic-turnaround, retrieved April 8, 2022.

¹⁴³Ibid.

¹⁴⁴Ibid.

¹⁴⁵Ibid.

¹⁴⁶Ibid.

¹⁴⁷“Readout of Vice President Harris’s Call with Ray Chambers of the Partnership for Central America.” whitehouse.gov. April 15, 2022. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/04/15/readout-of-vice-president-harriss-call-with-ray-chambers-of-the-partnership-for-central-america/, retrieved April 17, 2022.

¹⁴⁸“U.S. Strategy for Addressing the Root Causes of Migration in Central America.” whitehouse.gov. July 2021. https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Root-Causes-Strategy.pdf, retrieved April 17, 2022.

¹⁴⁹“FACT SHEET: This Tax Day, the President Is Fighting to Reward Work, Not Wealth, While Republicans Want to Increase Taxes on the Middle Class.” whitehouse.gov. April 18, 2022. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/04/18/fact-sheet-this-tax-day-the-president-is-fighting-to-reward-work-not-wealth-while-republicans-want-to-increase-taxes-on-the-middle-class/, retrieved April 18, 2022.

¹⁵⁰Ibid.

¹⁵¹“Pelosi Remarks at Press Conference on New Democratic Legislative Efforts to Lower Gas Prices.” speaker.gov. April 28, 2022. https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/42822-4, retrieved April 28, 2022.

¹⁵²Ibid.

¹⁵³Ibid.

¹⁵⁴Ibid.

¹⁵⁵Ibid.

¹⁵⁶Ibid.

¹⁵⁷Ibid.

¹⁵⁸“Pelosi, Schumer Joint Statement on Reported Draft Supreme Court Decision to Overturn Roe v. Wade.” speaker.gov. May 2, 2022. https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/5222-2, retrieved May 3, 2022.

¹⁵⁹Ibid.

¹⁶⁰Ibid.

¹⁶¹“The Congressional Black Caucus Condemns Killing of George Floyd by Police.” cbc.house.gov. May 26, 2020. https://cbc.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2191, retrieved May 6, 2022.

¹⁶²“Schumer, Pelosi Joint Statement on Reported Draft Supreme Court Decision to Overturn Roe v. Wade.” democrats.senate.gov. May 2, 2022. https://www.democrats.senate.gov/dpcc/press-releases/schumer-pelosi-joint-statement-on-reported-draft-supreme-court-decision-to-overturn-roe-v-wade, retrieved May 6, 2022.

¹⁶³“Freethought Caucus to Hold Briefing on White Christian Nationalism and the Capitol Insurrection.” huffman.house.gov. March 10, 2022. https://huffman.house.gov/news/press-releases/freethought-caucus-to-hold-briefing-on-white-christian-nationalism-and-the-capitol-insurrection, retrieved May 7, 2022.

¹⁶⁴“Roe v. Wade: Marin Leaders Speak Out on Threat to Decades-Old Abortion Law.” Huffman.house.gov. May 3, 2022. https://huffman.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/roe-v-wade-marin-leaders-speak-out-on-threat-to-decades-old-abortion-law, retrieved May 7, 2022.

¹⁶⁵“Senator Markey Statement on Leaked Supreme Court Draft Decision Overturning Roe v. Wade.” markey.senate.gov. May 2, 2022. https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-markey-statement-on-leaked-supreme-court-draft-decision-overturning-roe-v-wade, retrieved May 6, 2022.

¹⁶⁶Ibid.

¹⁶⁷Ibid.

¹⁶⁸“Congressman Krishnamoorthi Leads Letter With Illinois Senators And Representatives Opposing President’s Threat To Illegally Deploy Military Forces To Illinois Against Governor Pritzker’s Wishes.” Krishnamoorthi.house.gov. June 3, 2020. https://krishnamoorthi.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-krishnamoorthi-leads-letter-illinois-senators-and-representatives, retrieved May 7, 2022.

¹⁶⁹Congressman Krishnamoorthi Denounces Draft Supreme Court Opinion Overturning Roe V. Wade, Stripping American Women Of Their Right To Choose.” krishnamoorthi.house.gov. May 2, 2022. https://krishnamoorthi.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-krishnamoorthi-denounces-draft-supreme-court-opinion-overturning, retrieved May 6, 2022.

¹⁷⁰Ibid.

¹⁷¹“Rep. Peter Welch’s Statement on Draft Supreme Court Decision to Overturn Roe v. Wade.” welch.house.gov. May 3, 2022. https://welch.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-peter-welch-s-statement-draft-supreme-court-decision-overturn-roe-v, retrieved May 7, 2022.

¹⁷²Ibid.

¹⁷³“Fact Sheet: DHS Internal Working Group Protects Free Speech and Other Fundamental Rights When Addressing Disinformation That Threatens the Security of the United States.” dhs.gov. May 2, 2022. https://www.dhs.gov/news/2022/05/02/fact-sheet-dhs-internal-working-group-protects-free-speech-other-fundamental-rights, retrieved May 7, 2022.

¹⁷⁴Ibid.

¹⁷⁵“Rep. Aguilar Supports Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act.” aguilar.house.gov. May 19, 2022. https://aguilar.house.gov/2022/05/19/rep-aguilar-supports-domestic-terrorism-prevention-act/, retrieved May 22, 2022.

¹⁷⁶Ibid.

¹⁷⁷Cai, Sophia and Kight, Stef. “DHS preparing for violence following abortion ruling.” axios.com. May 18, 2022. https://www.axios.com/2022/05/18/supreme-court-abortion-roe-protests-violence , retrieved May 22, 2022.

¹⁷⁸“Dear Colleague on the Supreme Court Draft Ruling.” speaker.gov. May 9, 2022. https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/5922, retrieved May 22, 2022.

¹⁷⁹“Rep. Aguilar Supports Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act.” aguilar.house.gov. Op. cit.

¹⁸⁰“Following Buffalo Terrorist Attack, Maloney Votes to Combat Domestic Terrorism.” seanmaloney.house.gov. May 18, 2022. https://seanmaloney.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/following-buffalo-terrorist-attack-maloney-votes-to-combat-domestic, retrieved May 22, 2022.

¹⁸¹“Pelosi Statement on Biden Actions to Advance Effective, Accountable Policing.” speaker.gov. May 25, 2022. https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/52522-3, retrieved May 26, 2022.

¹⁸²Ibid.

¹⁸³

“Remarks by President Biden and Vice President Harris at Signing of Executive Order to Advance Effective, Accountable Policing and Strengthen Public Safety.” whitehouse.gov. May 26, 2022. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/05/25/remarks-by-president-biden-and-vice-president-harris-at-signing-of-executive-order-to-advance-effective-accountable-policing-and-strengthen-public-safety/, retrieved May 26, 2022.

¹⁸⁴Ibid.

¹⁸⁵Marshall, Glenn and Croews, Julian. “9 killed, 26 wounded in weekend Chicago shootings.” wgntv.com. May 2, 2022. https://wgntv.com/news/chicagocrime/9-killed-26-wounded-in-weekend-chicago-shootings/, retrieved May 26, 2022.

¹⁸⁶Marshall, Glenn and Rodriguez, Marisa. “At least 21 shot, 2 fatally, in Chicago shootings since Monday afternoon.” wgntv. May 11, 2022. https://wgntv.com/news/chicagocrime/at-least-21-shot-2-fatally-in-chicago-shootings-since-monday-afternoon/, retrieved May 26, 2022.

¹⁸⁷D’Onofrio, Jessica, Baca, Stacey, Horng, Eric and Wade, Stephanie. “Mass shooting: 9 shot, 2 fatally, at State and Chicago on Near North Side, CPD says.” abc7chicago.com. May 20, 2022. https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shooting-today-mass-downtown-in-and-state/11872407/, retrieved May 26, 2022.

¹⁸⁸Kena, Grace and Truman, Jennifer L., Ph.D. “Trends and Patterns in Firearm Violence, 1993-2018.” bjs.ojp.gov. April 2022. p. 7. https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/tpfv9318.pdf, retrieved May 26, 2022.

¹⁸⁹Ibid., p. 5.

¹⁹⁰“Remarks by President Biden and Vice President Harris at Signing of Executive Order to Advance Effective, Accountable Policing and Strengthen Public Safety.” whitehouse.gov. Ibid.

¹⁹¹Beitsch, Rebecca. “Jan. 6 panel seeks to break through with prime-time programming.” thehill.com. June 6, 2022. https://thehill.com/news/house/3511389-jan-6-panel-seeks-to-break-through-with-primetime-programming/, retrieved June 6, 2022.

¹⁹²“Congressman Biggs Rejects House Jan. 6 Committee Panel Invite.” biggs.house.gov. May 2, 2022. https://biggs.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-biggs-rejects-house-jan-6-committee-panel-invite, retrieved June 6, 2022.

¹⁹³“Pelosi Statement on May Jobs Report.” speaker.gov. June 3, 2022. https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/6322, retrieved June 7, 2022.

¹⁹⁴“DeLauro Joined by Connecticut State Officials to Tout Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act.” delauro.house.gov. May 27, 2022. https://delauro.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/delauro-joined-connecticut-state-officials-tout-consumer-fuel-price, retrieved June 7, 2022.

¹⁹⁵“Majority Leader Schumer Floor Remarks Announcing The Senate Will Vote This Week On Moving Forward With The Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act.” democrats.senate.gov. May 24, 2022. https://www.democrats.senate.gov/news/press-releases/majority-leader-schumer-floor-remarks-announcing-the-senate-will-vote-this-week-on-moving-forward-with-the-domestic-terrorism-prevention-act, retrieved June 19, 2022.

¹⁹⁶Ibid.

¹⁹⁷“Pelosi Statement on Seven Years Since the Mother Emanuel Church Massacre.” speaker.gov. June 17, 2022. https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/61722, retrieved June 18, 2022.

¹⁹⁸Ibid.

¹⁹⁹Ibid.

²⁰⁰” Senator Baldwin Co-Sponsors The Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act, Will Vote For It This Week.” baldwin.senate.gov. May 23, 2022. https://www.baldwin.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-baldwin-co-sponsors-the-domestic-terrorism-prevention-act-will-vote-for-it-this-week, retrieved June 18, 2022.

²⁰¹Pelosi Statement on Supreme Court Decision Promoting Gun Violence.” speaker.gov. June 23, 2022. https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/62322-1, retrieved June 23, 2022.

²⁰²Ibid.

²⁰³Ibid.

²⁰⁴“Pelosi Floor Speech on Rule Providing for Consideration of Five Major Bills Defending Americans’ Health, Security and Freedom.” speaker.gov. July 13, 2022. https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/71322-0, retrieved July 14, 2022.

²⁰⁵Schorr, Isaac. “AOC Excuses Kavanaugh Dinner Harassment with Misinformation.” nationalreview.com. July 9, 2022. https://www.nationalreview.com/news/aoc-excuses-kavanaugh-dinner-harassment-with-misinformation/, retrieved July 12, 2022.

²⁰⁶“AOC: We Must ‘Very Seriously Consider’ Impeachment for Supreme Court Justices Who ‘Lied Under Oath’” ocasio-cortez.house.gov. June 27, 2022. https://ocasio-cortez.house.gov/media/in-the-news/aoc-we-must-very-seriously-consider-impeachment-supreme-court-justices-who-lied, retrieved July 14, 2022.

²⁰⁷Ibid.

²⁰⁸“Statement from President Biden on the Attack Against Congressman Zeldin.” whitehouse.gov. July 22, 2022. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/07/22/statement-from-president-biden-on-the-attack-against-congressman-zeldin/, retrieved July 23, 2022.

²⁰⁹“Minnesota Republican Delegation Calls on House Democrats to Censure Representative Maxine Waters.” emmer.house.gov. April 19, 2021. https://emmer.house.gov/press-releases?ID=B5807976-223C-4587-A857-59A3FF4FF479, released July 23, 2022.

²¹⁰“A Monumental Win for Life.” hartzler.house.gov. June 24, 2022. https://hartzler.house.gov/media-center/newsletters/monumental-win-life, retrieved Jul 23, 2022.

²¹¹“Dear Colleague on the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.” speaker.gov. July 27, 2022. https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/72722-4, retrieved July 28, 2022.

²¹²Ibid.

²¹³“Chairman Jeffries: “People Over Politics, Lower Costs, Better-Paying Jobs, Safer Communities, That’s What House Democrats Have Been All About.” dems.gov. July 27, 2022. https://www.dems.gov/newsroom/press-releases/chairman-jeffries-people-over-politics-lower-costs-better-paying-jobs-safer-communities-thats-what-house-democrats-have-been-all-about, retrieved August 3, 2022.

²¹⁴Ibid.

²¹⁵Ibid.

²¹⁶Ibid.

²¹⁷“House Republicans Demand Answers from Speaker Pelosi on Security Decisions Surrounding January 6th.” republicans-oversight.house.gov. February 15, 2021. https://republicans-oversight.house.gov/release/house-republicans-demand-answers-from-speaker-pelosi-on-security-decisions-surrounding-january-6th/, retrieved August 3, 2022.

²¹⁸Doherty, Carroll and Gomez, Vianney. “By a wide margin, Americans view inflation as the top problem facing the country today.” pewresearch.org. May 12, 2022. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/05/12/by-a-wide-margin-americans-view-inflation-as-the-top-problem-facing-the-country-today/, retrieved August 3, 2022.

²¹⁹“Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and NEC Director Brian Deese.” whitehouse.gov. July 26, 2022. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2022/07/26/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-and-nec-director-brian-deese/, retrieved August 3, 2022.

²²⁰“Pelosi Statement on Senate Passage of Inflation Reduction Act.” speaker.gov. August 7, 2022. https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/8722, retrieved August 8, 2022.

²²¹“The Inflation Reduction Act Will Reduce Inflation.” democrats.senate.gov. August 1, 2022. https://www.democrats.senate.gov/dpcc/press-releases/the-inflation-reduction-act-will-reduce-inflation, retrieved August 8, 2022.

²²²“Statement by President Biden on Senate Passage of the Inflation Reduction Act.” whitehouse.gov. August 7, 2022. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/08/07/statement-by-president-biden-on-senate-passage-of-the-inflation-reduction-act/, retrieved August 8, 2022.

²²³“Remarks by Vice President Harris In Press Gaggle Following the Senate Vote on the Inflation Reduction Act.” whitehouse.gov. August 7, 2022. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/08/07/remarks-by-vice-president-harris-in-press-gaggle-following-the-senate-vote-on-the-inflation-reduction-act/, retrieved August 8, 2022. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/08/07/statement-by-president-biden-on-senate-passage-of-the-inflation-reduction-act/, retrieved August 8, 2022.

²²⁴Ibid.

²²⁵“Economic Analysis of Budget Reconciliation Legislation.” cbo.gov. August 4, 2022. https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58357, retrieved August 8, 2022.

²²⁶Ibid.

²²⁷Ibid.