00:00from Georgia is recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The best way to compete with China
00:05is have a strong American economy. We shouldn't be having to fund the protection of a foreign
00:11country that is producing over 90 percent of our chips when we should be producing those
00:15chips right here at home. Currently, many of our rare earth minerals are tied up on
00:20federal lands, and this is a problem that is tying up the production of chips here in
00:27America. You see, America should be building our strength and resilience. Instead of an
00:33additional, let's say an additional $500 million being given to Taiwan for their defense budget,
00:41we shouldn't be investing that $500 million into America's ability to produce chips so
00:49that we don't have to be the world's police that go defend all these other foreign countries
00:55from China's aggression. The best way to beat China is with a strong America, but decades
01:02of America-last policies where our manufacturing jobs were sent overseas and sent to China is
01:08what made China strong. America created that problem, and America is continuing to create
01:15that problem by dependence on foreign countries for our own manufacturing. This is why rural
01:21America has been crumbling for decades because of the economic loss of their own small towns.
01:29In America today, the cost of college tuition has increased by over 180 percent. That means
01:36it's unaffordable for many students, and they're laden with student loan debt. According to American
01:42Compass, in 1985, 40 weeks of a typical worker's income could provide the middle-class essentials for
01:48a family of four. But now, this requires over 62 weeks of income, exceeding the 52 weeks in a year.
01:56Life is unaffordable for Americans, Mr. Speaker, worth $37 trillion in debt. I urge my colleagues
02:03to vote for my amendment, and I yield.
02:05Secretary Black Spring.
02:15Senator Alana Waidl.
02:16Senator Alana Waidl.
02:20Senator Alana Waidl.
02:20Senator.
02:22Senator Alana Waidl.
