WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Rick Scott released the below statement following the latest Producer Price Index (PPI) release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), which showed inflation continued to rise in October increasing 8.6% over the year. This comes one day after the Federal Reserve Bank of New York released a new survey showing Americans’ worries about rising inflation continued to rise for the 12th consecutive month, reaching a new record high. Senator Scott is demanding President Joe Biden address the impact of his reckless spending and unconstitutional mandates which are fueling his inflation crisis and massive supply chain disruptions across America.
Senator Rick Scott said, “I hear it from Florida families every week – they are sick and tired of Joe Biden’s failed policies that are making it harder and harder to put food on the table, gas in the tank and keep a roof over their head. Enough is enough. Joe Biden is a failed president and unfortunately American families are not only seeing his dysfunction, they’re feeling it every day as prices continue to rise. Every month when I see Biden’s new inflation numbers come out, and they’re always worse than the month before, I think about my mom. Growing up, I watched my mom struggle every day just to put food on the table and make ends meet for our family. Now, countless families across America are dealing with that same struggle today all because of Joe Biden’s reckless, socialist policies, like his unconstitutional vaccine mandates, and absent leadership. Nothing Biden and the Democrats are doing helps Florida families and I won’t stop fighting against their disastrous agenda that’s fueling inflation and making life harder for working Americans.”
Price increases over the year include:
- Home heating oil: +115%
- Gasoline: +90%
- Iron and steel: +63%
- Beef: +42%
- Turkeys: +41%
- Grains: +40%
- Cooking oil: + 39%
- Chicken: +37%
- Residential natural gas: +29%
- Furniture: +11%
Since being elected to the U.S. Senate, Senator Scott has repeatedly urged action to address America’s debt crisis and the harmful effects of inflation:
- November 4, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott: President Biden’s “Build Back Broke” Agenda Will Bankrupt America
- November 1, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott to America’s Supply Chain Leaders: Let’s Work Together to Get America Back on Track
- October 29, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott: Raging Inflation Shows Biden’s Socialism & Powell’s Inaction are Destroying America
- October 28, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott: GDP Bomb Shows Biden is Driving America Toward Economic Doomsday
- October 27, 2021: VIDEO RELEASE Democrats Want Americans in the Dark, Block Sen. Rick Scott Transparency Proposal to Address Rising Energy Prices
- October 26, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott: Chair Powell Must Prove Federal Reserve is Independent & Working for American Families
- October 25, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott: I Urge Airlines to Fight Biden’s Unconstitutional Vaccine Mandates
- October 22, 2021: IN CASE YOU MISSED IT… Sen. Rick Scott in the Financial Times: Biden Should Turn to the Florida Playbook
- October 21, 2021: Federal Reserve Proves Biden’s Unconstitutional Vaccine Mandates are Killing Jobs
- October 21, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott Applauds Senate Passage of Bill to Allow Unspent COVID Relief Dollars to Pay Down America’s $30 Trillion Federal Debt
- October 21, 2021: Senate Democrats’ Spending Bills Highlight Biden’s Socialist Priorities
- October 18, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott Applauds Local Leaders Rejecting Unspent COVID Funding
- October 14, 2021: The Only Person Joe Biden Can Blame for Inflation Crisis is Himself
- October 13, 2021: Joe Biden is Killing the American Dream, Inflation Crisis Continues to Rage
- October 7, 2021: IN CASE YOU MISSED IT… Sen. Rick Scott in Fox Business: Biden’s Vaccine Mandate Will Push Workers out of the Workforce, Cripple Supply Chain
- October 7, 2021: VIDEO RELEASE Sen. Rick Scott on the Senate Floor: Struggling Families & Businesses Can’t Afford Biden’s Unconstitutional Mandates and Systemic Socialism
- October 4, 2021: IN CASE YOU MISSED IT… Sen. Rick Scott in Fox Business: How to Stop Dems’ Spending, Debt Mismanagement from Destroying our Financial Security
- September 30, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott Calls on Colleagues to Pass No Budget, No Pay Proposal
- September 23, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott: I Won’t Let Democrats’ Reckless Spending Drive Inflation & Put Taxpayers on the Hook
- September 23, 2021: IN CASE YOU MISSED IT… Sen. Rick Scott in Orlando Sentinel: GOP Won’t Fuel Inflation Crisis by Raising Debt Limit
- September 22, 2021: Senators Rick Scott & Pat Toomey Lead Colleagues in Reintroducing Full Faith and Credit Act to Address Federal Debt Crisis
- September 15, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott: Democrats’ Socialist Agenda & Tax Increases Will Kill the American Dream
- September 14, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott: Biden’s Inflation Crisis Continues to Hurt Florida Families
- September 10, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott: Floridians Suffer as Biden’s Inflation Crisis Rages for Eighth Consecutive Month
- August 27, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott: Democrats’ Reckless Tax and Spend Agenda Continues to Fuel Biden’s Raging Inflation Crisis
- August 12, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott: Biden’s Inflation Crisis Fueled by Democrats’ Radical Tax-and-Spending Spree
- August 11, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott: Democrats’ $5.5 TRILLION Tax-and-Spending Spree Drives America to $45 TRILLION Nightmare
- August 10, 2021: IN CASE YOU MISSED IT… Sen. Rick Scott in the Wall Street Journal: Bernie Sanders Ushering in Unprecedented Era of Taxing, Spending & Government Control
- August 10, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott Fighting for Florida Families, Against Wasteful Spending in Democrats’ $5.5 Trillion Tax-and-Spending Spree
- August 9, 2021: VIDEO RELEASE Sen. Rick Scott: Bernie Sanders’ Budget Puts America’s Children on the Hook for his Socialist Agenda
- August 5, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott on “Infrastructure” CBO Score: The American People Deserve Better
- August 5, 2021: IN CASE YOU MISSED IT… Democrats Block Sen. Rick Scott Proposal to Expose the Impacts of Reckless Government Spending on Inflation
- August 4, 2021: VIDEO RELEASE Sen. Rick Scott: The “Infrastructure” Bill Will Only Grow America’s Inflation Crisis
- August 3, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott Fighting for Florida Families in Senate Infrastructure Package
- August 3, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott & Colleagues: Infrastructure Package Isn’t Paid For; We Won’t Support Increases to Federal Debt
- July 30, 2021: Ahead of Debt Ceiling Suspension Expiration, Sen. Rick Scott and The Heritage Foundation Release Final Episode in ‘Road Trip on a Budget’ Video Series
- July 28, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott & Colleagues: Trillion-Dollar Infrastructure Package Continues Washington’s Insane Deficit Spending
- July 28, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott on the Senate Floor: Biden’s Inflation is Hurting Families
- July 28, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott Leads Colleagues in Rule Change to Expose the Impacts of Reckless Government Spending on Inflation
- July 26, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott and The Heritage Foundation Release Episodes 3 and 4 in ‘Road Trip on a Budget’ Video Series
- July 21, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott: Congress Cannot Increase the Debt Ceiling Without Major Spending Reform
- July 19, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott: Biden’s Reckless Spending Spree Could Cost American Taxpayers More than $5 Trillion
- July 16, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott Issues Weekly Update on Biden’s Inflation Crisis
- July 16, 2021: IN CASE YOU MISSED IT… Sen. Rick Scott, FGA President in Tampa Bay Times: Approaching debt limit deadline presents golden opportunity for fiscal responsibility
- July 15, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott and The Heritage Foundation Release Episode 2 in ‘Road Trip on a Budget’ Video Series: Washington Can’t Keep Maxing out America’s Credit Card
- July 14, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott: As Inflation Rages, Joe Biden’s Reckless Spending Spree Continues
- July 13, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott to Secretary Yellen: With Debt Limit Suspension Expiring, Americans Deserve Transparency on U.S. Debt Crisis
- July 13, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott: Biden Must Answer for his Growing Inflation Crisis
- July 12, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott to Chair Powell: It’s Time to Acknowledge and Address America’s Growing Inflation Crisis
- June 16, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott and The Heritage Foundation Launch ‘Road Trip on a Budget’ Video Series to Highlight Washington’s Debt Crisis
- June 14, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott to Chair Powell: Americans Deserve Answers on Inflation
- June 11, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott Issues Weekly Update on Biden’s Inflation Crisis
- June 10, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott: As Biden’s Inflation Crisis Grows, Florida Families Suffer
- June 9, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott Introduces Federal Debt Emergency Control Act to Fight Washington’s Spending & Debt Crisis
- June 4, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott: Biden’s Budget is a Disaster for Florida Families & Pro-Life Protections
- May 28, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott: Biden’s Reckless Spending Spree Would Destroy the American Dream
- May 26, 2021: VIDEO RELEASE: Sen. Rick Scott: Biden’s Inflation Crisis Demands Action
- May 21, 2021: IN CASE YOU MISSED IT… Sens. Rick Scott, Cynthia Lummis in Fox News: Our national debt is almost $30 trillion – let conservative states lead on reducing it
- May 20, 2021: IN CASE YOU MISSED IT… Sen. Rick Scott and Phil Gramm in the Wall Street Journal: Biden’s Plans Are Already Hurting the Recovery
- May 18, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott: Budget Committee Must Address Biden’s Debt and Inflation Crises
- May 14, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott: Biden’s Inflation Crisis is Here – He Must Address the Impacts of Reckless Liberal Spending
- May 13, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott: April PPI Report Further Confirms Reality of Biden’s Inflation Crisis
- May 12, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott: Biden Remains Silent as Inflation Keeps Growing, Hurting Families
- May 10, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott to Biden: Inflation is Happening – Stop Reckless Government Spending
- May 6, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott: Families on the Hook for $16,000 in Tax Hikes this Decade to Pay for Biden’s Spending
- May 5, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott in the Wall Street Journal: Inflation Is More of a Threat Than the Fed Says
- May 4, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott to Biden: Tell the Truth About Taxing American Families
- April 29, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott to Federal Reserve: With Economy Recovering, Stop Manipulating Market with Treasury & Bond Buys
- April 28, 2021: VIDEO RELEASE Sen. Rick Scott’s Request For Inflation Crisis Information Blocked by Democrats: What Are They Hiding?
- April 23, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott: Americans are Worried About Rising Inflation – Biden Must Take Action
- April 14, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott: Biden Administration Lying About Threat of Inflation
- April 13, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott to Biden and Powell: Wake Up and Address Growing Inflation Now
- April 9, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott: Biden’s Inflation Ignorance is Unacceptable, Hurts Families
- April 2, 2021: IN CASE YOU MISSED IT… Sen. Rick Scott in Washington Post: Where’s the anti-inflation plan, Mr. Powell?
- March 24, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott to Federal Reserve: What’s Your Plan to Address America’s Debt Crisis?
- March 17, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott: We’re Watching Federal Reserve & President Biden’s Response to Inflation
- March 4, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott to National Economic Council: What’s Biden’s Plan to Stop Inflation?
- February 23, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott: Fed Chairman Jay Powell Must Address Rising Inflation
- February 16, 2021: IN CASE YOU MISSED IT… Sen. Rick Scott in the Tampa Bay Times: America Can’t Keep Spending Without Consequence, We Must Address Our Debt Crisis Now
- February 11, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott to Colleagues: Inflation from Unsustainable Federal Debt Hurts American Families
- February 3, 2021: VIDEO RELEASE: Sen. Rick Scott: Congress Must Address Our National Debt and Rein in Spending
- January 26, 2021: Sen. Rick Scott: Congress Must Get Serious About America’s Debt
- May 4, 2020: After coronavirus, for US to survive, we must tackle looming debt crisis: Sen. Rick Scott
- February 5, 2020: Sen. Rick Scott to Chairman Powell: Take Action to Roll Back Growing Size of Federal Reserve’s Balance Sheet
- August 1, 2019: Sen. Rick Scott: Debt will destroy our country, if we let it