Chairman Arrington Statement on Today’s GDP Report

Washington, D.C. - Today, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released its first estimate for economic growth in the second quarter (Q2) of 2024. The report found that real U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by just 2.8 percent. Unfortunately, the damage of the Biden-Harris economic agenda has already been done. Prices have risen nearly 20 percent since Biden-Harris took office, with Americans paying nearly $17,000 more per year for the same goods and services.

House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) released the following statement on GDP growth for Q2 2024,"The damage from Democrats' reckless spending and the Biden-Harris Administration's failed economic policies is done. The goal should be to bring down the stubborn inflation that is crushing the American people and the high interest rates that are fueling the cost-of-living crisis. We must return the economy back to pre-COVID rates of growth, and this report underscores that we are still painfully far from that goal."

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