jody arrington, republican congressman from texas. 202748000 for democrats, 202748002 for republicans. and up early in l.a. this morning, an independent. go ahead. >> caller: i had a question for the congressman. he's trying to blame joe biden for inflation. inflation is effecting the entire world. some other countries around the world, the cost of goods is actually tripled. so, i was wondering exactly which policy of joe biden's has effected other countries, like let's say bolivia or south america? how is joe biden's policies effected other countries? thank you. >> congressman. >> david, thanks for the comment and the question. i'd like for our country to have higher aspirations than the resilience and the economy of bolivia. i have the most robust economy. there's no excuse. you could say that the supply chains have impacted the supply/demand gap, which is exacerbated inflation. i will grant that. but i will tell you most economists would say that the labor shortage that was due to policies that trap people on the sidelines because they were incentivized to stay there, making more m