Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) has joined Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) alongside 17 other Republican colleagues to confront President Joe Biden (D) surrounding his decision to block funding for hunting and archery programs.
According to Sen. Scott’s press release, the Biden administration has “purposely misinterpreted” last year’s gun control legislation to block funding for outdoor recreation programs – including hunter education courses – that more than 500,000 students participate in and become certified in.
These programs help the younger generation “learn how to handle firearms safely – in turn, decreasing firearm-related injuries and accidents.”
“While the administration claims to be eliminating dangerous activities, this guidance will, in fact, have the opposite effect. These programs provided thousands of students with the opportunity to learn proper instruction for firearm and archery safety,” Sen. Scott and his colleagues wrote. “By including hunter education in schools, students are given the tools to be safe and responsible hunters. It is now clearer than ever that the Biden Administration will use the bill to attack the constitutional rights of Americans.”
They would go on to mention that President Biden and his administration are using the recent legislation to “attack the constitutional rights,” calling it an “outrageous overreach.”
We voted against the gun control legislation. It is now clearer than ever that the Biden Administration will use the bill to attack the constitutional rights of Americans. Hunting and archery are strongly connected to the traditions and heritage of America. This outrageous overreach is an attack on hunters and outdoor recreation that must be addressed,” the senators wrote.
At the end of the letter, they called on the Biden administration to change course and support the outdoor recreational programs.
Similarly, Scott chastised Biden for the recent economic figures that were released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
Sen. Scott believes that the White House’s approach to the economy – “Bidenomics” – is hurting Floridians and their businesses.
“The Biden administration continues to hurt Florida families and businesses with its backward ‘Bidenomics’ policies without any plan to fix it. This week, I have been traveling Florida to hear what issues families are facing, and in each big city or small town I stop in one thing keeps getting mentioned—inflation,” said Sen. Scott. “Folks all over Florida are struggling thanks to President Biden’s reckless tax-and-spend agenda. I continue to hear from parents who are having to make tough choices between gas and groceries, or our seniors having to come out of retirement to get another job—that is a scary reality for Floridians and it is unacceptable Biden has let it go this far.”
According to the BLS, over the year, prices of household items have risen significantly, including flour (+8.5 percent), bread (+9.5 percent), pet food (+10.6 percent), rent (+8 percent), sugar (+8.9 percent), and margarine (+11.3 percent).
