adrienne smith, i would like to know why we are not saying there is a food shortage. quit using the word inflation when we are looking at bird flu for the chickens industry, are being slaughtered, rain or drop, why are not talking about that situation? that's not just the united states that's globally but. >> the russia ukraine conflict added to the food shortage. >> russia invading ukraine. inappropriately i would add has complicated everything because ukraine is considered the bread basket of europe, commodities are really a worldwide issue. now, i have to say even during our challenges food are still available. yes, it's more s expensive but e are helping to feed the world. you're feeding america, helping to feed the world.wo i think we are in a strong position for that. at theth caller does raise a vey valid point. there are some shelves that are empty. folks are not able to see the variety of the grocery stores that they would like for with without variety there's less competition. we hope to get this supply chain back on track we need to get folks backfilling th

. >> we will go to tim and wisconsin, a democratic collar, you are talking with congressman adrienne smith. i would like to ask you into 17 and 18, -- [inaudible] now they are double that. that was all due to trump's trade embargo. the trade tariffs with china. the farmers are in wisconsin and very happy with the prices, we commodity prices. these are prices are sky-high. that is price gouging. it does not seem like anybody on the republican side wants to take it on. because ten years ago diesel was cheaper than gas. it's refined much more efficiently. it's the first thing out of the refineries. as far as the economy goes, i look at all these red states, they have the lowest standing of living and the lowest wages. i don't really see where they have to put the stand on as far as helping the average person out. when they retire, they get very low social security because the wages were so suppressed because of anti union and big business policies. i would like to explain some of that to me, please. >> one of the biggest issues these days is the cost of energy. certainly the president, he sta

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. >> earlier this morning we had congressman adrienne smith, a congressman in nebraska, he is your colleague on the ways and means committee. he said this is the presidents fault and the democrats who have controlled both the house and the senate. because he passed a stimulus. [inaudible] there would be inflation. your response? >> it's interesting to think what adrienne's response would be if we didn't do what we did in terms of stabilizing economy. helping people stay in their homes. the biggest reduction in child poverty in history, if we have allowed the ripple effects through the economy. the situation we are facing at the beginning of the pandemic, much of that legislation passed was bipartisan. we have stabilize the economy. and we have helped our families, my legislation provided support for 100,000 restaurants that were closing their doors and throwing out workers and disrupting supply chains. it can have it both ways. we were in a perilous situation. the legislation passed of stabilize the economy, it protected our families. it reduced child poverty. we have set the stage for futur