Honorable John Kennedy
Senator, Louisiana, Republican
I don’t need to tell the American people — and I certainly don’t need to tell my colleagues — about inflation. The inflation we are experiencing today is the highest since 1982, and it really is ravaging the American people. It is gutting them like a fish. Depending upon which experts you believe, the inflation rate right now is about 8 percent. Most Americans will tell you viscerally they feel that it is higher. …