Biden Calls Out Tennessee U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles’ Bill to Repeal the Inflation Reduction Act at State of the Union Address

During his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Joe Biden called out Tennessee U.S. Representative Andy Ogles’ (R-TN-05) recently-introduced bill that would repeal the inflation Reduction Act of 2022.

“Some members here are threatening…to repeal the Inflation Reduction Act,” Biden remarked during his speech.

While the president did not specifically name Ogles during his State of the Union address, the Tennessee congressman took credit for being on the receiving end of Biden’s criticism, tweeting, “You know you’re doing something right for Americans when @POTUS targets you in his SOTU.”

Last week, Ogles introduced his first bill in the U.S. House of Representatives – the Inflation Reduction Act of 2023 which would repeal the Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and ultimately “lower inflation,” according to the Tennessee congressman.

As previously reported by The Tennessee Star, the Inflation Reduction Act was signed into law by Biden last year on August 16. Among other expenditures, the $740 billion package allows the government to control the price of prescription medications, contains funding for fighting climate change, implements larger taxes for wealthy corporations, and expands the IRS by some 87,000 agents.

Despite the package’s title, Republican lawmakers have long argued the bill will actually drive prices higher. One study from The Heritage Foundation reported that the package would add at least $110 billion to the federal deficit through fiscal 2031.

Now, Tennessee’s Ogles is leading the charge against the package with his first bill since being sworn into office.

Upon the introduction of his bill to repeal the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, Ogles released in a statement:

Last Congress, President Biden and his House Democrat colleagues shoved through countless spending measures to further their woke ‘green agenda’, including the ‘Inflation Reduction Act.’ Instead of creating any positive change for Americans facing record-breaking economic challenges, Leftists opted to increase federal spending and the deficit – by at least $110 billion dollars through 2031 – in order to advance their personal political agendas.

Ogles’ bill, H.R. 812, is co-sponsored by 20 Republican representatives and endorsed by Americans for Prosperity, FreedomWorks, Club for Growth, AFPI, and Heritage Action.

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Kaitlin Housler is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network.

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