Tim Ryan: ‘I Don’t Regret’ Voting for Stimulus, I Didn’t Know It Would Cause Inflation Despite Clybu

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Tim Ryan: ‘I Don’t Regret’ Voting for Stimulus, I Didn’t Know It Would Cause Inflation Despite Clyburn Saying We Did

Ian Hanchett 21 Oct 2022

On Friday’s broadcast of “CNN Tonight,” U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) responded to House Majority Whip Rep. James Clyburn’s (D-SC) statement that “all of us knew” the American Rescue Plan would increase prices by stating that he didn’t vote for the bill knowing it would cause inflation but refused to directly say Clyburn’s assertion that Democrats knew the bill would cause inflation is wrong and stated that there weren’t a lot of good options, and “we had to get that done. I don’t regret doing it.”

After playing a clip of Clyburn saying that, “all of us are concerned about these rising costs. And all of us knew this would be the case when we put in place this recovery program. Any time you put more money into the economy, prices tend to rise.” Host Jake Tapper asked, “You voted for the bill. Did you vote for it knowing that it would push prices up?”

Ryan responded, “Yeah, no, not at all. And I think right now we need a tax cut. I mean, we were experiencing a pandemic. We did a number of rescue packages when President Trump was in and then again with President Biden. We had to rescue the economy, and we had to make some significant investments. We are moving into a phase now and we have to return the supply chain. We’ve got to stop the price gouging [that] we know is happening out there, some of the big corporations are doing it. But we’ve got to move the supply chain back, that was the CHIPS Act, that was the infrastructure bill, that was the Inflation Reduction Act. For 30 or 40 years, Jake, the corporations, the wealthiest people in this country shipped our jobs overseas, sold out the American workers and we have hollowed out communities. And then a pandemic hits and we realize we’re not making anything in the United States anymore, we’ve got to bring it back. So, that’s the effort moving forward and I think in Ohio there’s a clear contrast, a guy like me who wants to take that issue on, take on the corporate interests, take on China, and move the manufacturing back. You’ve got a guy like J.D. Vance who’s actually investing into China, making money off it, and shipping the products back here.”

Tapper then asked, “So, was Jim Clyburn wrong when he said that? You didn’t all know that putting money into the economy was going to cause inflation?”

Ryan answered, “Well, you’ve got to remember, we were coming out of the pandemic. You know, there were a lot of — there weren’t many good choices there. We needed to put some money into the economy. We had to rescue businesses, families, people were on unemployment, you had the economy locked up and the globe locked up. So, we had to get that done. I don’t regret doing it. What I’m saying now is give people a tax cut so that they can actually have some money in their pocket. That’s the solution.”

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2022/10/21/tim-ryan-i-dont-regret-voting-for-stimulus-i-didnt-know-it-would-cause-inflation-despite-clyburn-saying-we-did/

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Tim Ryan Defends Voting with Pelosi 100% of the Time: I ‘Work Issues Into the Bills’

On Friday’s broadcast of “CNN Tonight,” U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) responded to questions on voting with House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) 100% of the time and whether he regrets any of those votes by saying that he ran against Pelosi for Speaker and “when you are in the majority, you work issues into the bills that you’re going to vote on so that your members can vote for it.”

Host Jake Tapper asked, “[Y]ou’ve been hit hard and with a lot of ad money for voting 100% of the time with Speaker Pelosi. With the benefit of hindsight, are there any votes you regret?”

Ryan responded, “I ran against Nancy Pelosi, Jake. You remember that. You covered that. I think one of the hardest things in Washington D.C. to do is for you to take on your own party’s leadership, and I did that and I’ve got the scars to prove it. … I’ve taken on my own party. I’ve disagreed with President Biden on reducing tariffs on solar panels coming in from China, on relaxation of Title 42 at the border, the student loan issue. I’ve taken on the former Democratic administration on trade, on fast track. And I’ve agreed with Trump on issues.”

Tapper followed up, “But is there — do you regret any votes? You voted 100% of the time with Nancy Pelosi. You’re saying no, you don’t regret anything?”

Ryan answered, “Well, what I’m saying is I get — let me just say this, Jake, running against House leadership is a very, very difficult thing. So, the question is, do you have the courage to take on your own party? Yes. I have and I’ve, as I said, got the scars to prove it. But I will say, when you are in the majority, you work issues into the bills that you’re going to vote on so that your members can vote for it. I got the buy American provision in the infrastructure bill so that we’re going to be buying American steel, American concrete instead of Chinese steel to build these bridges. I got that in that bill. So, I voted for it. The CHIPS Act, I was very instrumental in helping that bill pass. So, yes, of course, I’m going to vote for it. The Inflation Reduction Act, I wanted the natural gas stuff that was in there. We wanted the electric vehicle stuff that was in there. I wanted the 300 billion in deficit reduction in the Inflation Reduction Act. So, I helped get those in the bills and then you vote for them. So, the bill’s not going to come to the floor unless guys like me have what we want, the priorities for Ohio in the bill.”

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2022/10/21/tim-ryan-defends-voting-with-pelosi-100-of-the-time-i-work-issues-into-the-bills/

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