Economy & Small Business
A healthy economy is the key to a prosperous America. When I travel across the Fourth District of Oklahoma, I am always inspired by the entrepreneurial spirit and can-do attitude of Oklahoma workers and our small businesses, which employ more than half of our state’s workforce.
The COVID-19 pandemic and continuing inflation crisis have taken their toll on millions of Americans. Due to inflation, Americans paid $5,200 more in 2022 for the same goods in 2021. Savings are being depleted, and borrowing has reached its highest level since the 2008 Financial Crisis.
As your member of Congress, I will support policies that strengthen the American economy and support American businesses, especially our small businesses. It is important to maintain a tax code that supports innovation and entrepreneurship. We must also rein in the Biden Administration’s excessive government spending and misguided policies, which instigated our present inflation crisis and threaten to drive our economy into a painful recession. Additionally, we must address the main drivers of our national debt. If left unchecked, our national debt will threaten America’s economic future with higher interest payments, increased risk of financial crises, higher taxes, and a lower standard of living for future generations.