Nashville Standard

United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Banking and Appropriations Committees, recently appeared on Cavuto: Coast to Coast on Fox Business. During his appearance, he discussed President Joe Biden’s economic policies, which he believes have led to record-high inflation. He also spoke about his legislation that aims to prevent illegal aliens from being counted in the allocation of congressional seats and electoral votes.

Hagerty criticized Biden's economic policies saying, “The American public aren’t buying it. Inflation is up 20 percent-plus for almost everything since Joe Biden came into office. Yet, he persists the policies that keep energy prices high, the regulatory policies that are sclerotic and overbear on the economy, everything that he does has been inherently inflationary."

He further expressed his concerns about Biden's new tariffs on China and compared them with those imposed by former President Donald Trump. "President Trump imposed tariffs for strategic reasons, to protect domestic industries that China was unfairly competing against," Hagerty said. "What Joe Biden is doing here is sort of a deflection, trying to blame the Chinese for the fact that Joe Biden has gone in and distorted the market for electric vehicles."

Hagerty also drew comparisons between Trump’s and Biden’s policies: “I think if people ask themselves a very basic question: was I better off when President Trump was in office, or President Biden? The answer is very clear. President Trump’s economic policies absolutely worked."

Finally, Hagerty discussed his census legislation passing the House of Representatives: “Just last week, they passed a piece of legislation that I put forward, and that legislation is very simple. Most Americans support this, and that is to not count illegal aliens in the census for the purpose of apportioning congressional districts and electoral votes."