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The super wealthy and big corporations, like the 55 major corporations that don't pay a single penny in taxes, even though they had $40 billion in profits.

The point is this, I'm doing everything I can in my own to help working families during this stretch of higher prices.

I'm going to continue to do that.

But Congress needs to act as well.

We can do so much more if we come together to lower the cost for American families.

But my congressional Republican friends led by Rick Scott have a different approach.

He's actually introduced the plan.

He wants to raise taxes on working families by an average of $1,500 a year.

Put Medicare and Social Security, Medicaid, excuse me, Social Security and Medicaid on the chopping block every five years.

In other words, every five years they're going to no longer exist unless they vote them back into existence.

I disagree with that. What in God's name are you doing?

And I'll work with anyone, Democrat, Republican, Independent, to deliver real solutions and real savings for the American people.

Not take money out of their pockets.

Now, the other element I like to address that has impacts on inflation is to lower the deficit.

The reason this matters to families because reducing the deficit is another way to ease inflation.

My friends on the Republican side like to paint me as the big spender.

But let's look at the facts.

Facts matter.

Under my predecessor, the deficit exploded, rasing every single year he was in office.

Under my plan, we're on track to cut the federal deficit this year by $1.7 trillion.

Hear me now? This year, by $1.7 trillion. That's a fact. The largest decline in American history.

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