Rep. Bryan Steil | Twitter
Rep. Bryan Steil | Twitter
U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil (R-WI) is criticizing the Biden administration for ignoring inflation, the border and the labor force.
"Our government should be focused on addressing rising costs, securing our border and helping workers get back to work,” Steil tweeted.
Consumer prices in the U.S. increased by 6.2% from October 2020 to October 2021, the website Statista reported.
In Wisconsin, the price of a gallon of regular gas has jumped from $1.92 a gallon a year to $3.13 currently, according to the American Automobile Association.
The state's non-farm labor force has shrunk by 200,000 during the pandemic, and now stands at 2.8 million, though Wisconsin has a non-farm labor force of about 2.8 million people, the Post-Crescent reported. Wisconsin's unemployment rate is currently 3.9%, the state reported.
In September, the U.S. Border Patrol encountered 192,000 people trying to enter the country illegally, nearly four times the number in the same month in 2020 and 2019, the agency reported.
Since the pandemic began in March 2020 until July 2021, states have distributed $794 billion in combined state and federal unemployment benefits, CNBC reported.
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