Ruben Gallego: “Food is still high, energy is high.”

“You just heard Secretary Bessant and he had this long economics professor explanation about inflammation. Inflation right now, it's bad out there. If you go to the grocery store, people aren't buying as much. Food is still high, energy is high. And now we're going to add health insurance costs on top of that. What we're asking is for the president take a leadership position for Mike Johnson, bring back Congress and let's work a real compromise.” (00:48–00:51)

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