elizabeth: joining us now from house financial services he is congressman brian steil. sir. okay, the white house trying to do preemptive damage control on the gdp report this week expected to show the second quarter also shrunk again. we could already be in a recession. congressman, michael strain at the american enterprise institute, white house is saying it is not, recession is not two straight quarters of negative growth. he is saying each of the past 10 times the u.s. went through two straight quarters of negative growth a recession was ultimately declared but the white house is denying this. talk to us about that. >> this administration wants to redefine recession. you got to remember, this is the administration that told us reckless spending wouldn't cause inflation. when it caused inflation, they told us it was temporary and transitory. when it wasn't temporary and transitory they blamed putin, they blamed corporate greed. they refused to take responsibility. i warn you, they will try to redefine responsibility because the responsibility of this administration i

brian steil of wisconsin. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. steil: i rise to oppose the previous question so we can immediately consider h.r. 8589. we hrd earlier our friends across the aisle say that under this rule, which they can pretty much bring up any bill they so desire, they're going to address inflation. well, count me excited that my colleagues across the aisle are finally ready to address inflation. inflation broug upon a americans by the reckless policies of democratic one-party control. reckless policies of starting this administration by spending $1.9 trillion. reckless policies by refusing to unleash american energy. and americans are paying the pric for the reckless policies of democrats here in washington. it's early in the morning. people are making their way here up to the house floor following a great victory by my republicans in the congressional baseball game last night, 10-0, i may note, but what's really playing out across america right now is people can't afford the things their family needs. speaking to a woman the ot