DEVASTATING EFFECTS: GOP senator Rick Scott blames Biden's agenda for sparking skyrocketing inflation that is forcing people to go 'to food banks that never went to food banks before.' Sen. Rick Scott, (R-Fla.) took the Joe Biden administration to task over skyrocketing inflation that he said has devastated working families. In a GOP Press Conference, he was showing that the consumer price index (CPI) rose 7.5% in January from a year ago – marking the fastest increase in 40 years. Also on his Twitter Profile Sen. Scott wrote: "Food’s up. Gas is up. Rent’s up. And it’s all caused by bad economic policy," Scott said. Scott said, that excess spending, and strict regulations are the causes of inflation which make it difficult for businesses to produce things. "They make it difficult to do business, you don’t produce things," Scott said. "Or you don’t produce things in this country. That’s exactly what the Biden administration is doing." Accusing
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