this rate of inflation i unsustainable for montan people and americans alike for months, four months, republicans, congress, and eve democrats, like former treasur secretary summers, warned abou the massive inflationary ris of the two trillion dollar margin of stimulus package in fact, we pulled up th washington post article from march 29th, 2021 i remember being in a room similar to this one. i remember warning our colleagues about the risks o moving through a two trillio dollar spending package when w had a trillion dollars o unspent covid money in decembe of the prior year. let me quote from th washington post article. it says, summers, secretar treasurer of clinton and advisor to barack obama, a democrat, summer - drafted economic blueprint for the past two presidents and wa a top candidate to lead th federal reserve board unde president obama. emerged as the loudest criti to president biden to revamp the pandemic during the u.s. economy. a harvard university professor advised, and this is key, that the president's stimulus pla may trigger the highes inflation in more than half ce