Sherrod Brown actually said...

The economy is in a different place from where it was at this time last year.

Back then, Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine devastated global energy markets--driving up the cost of gas at the pump.

The price of gas at the pump has fallen and domestic energy production has increased.

Today, inflation is at 4 percent-short of the Fed's target rate of 2 percent, but a steady improvement from the 9 percent rate last year.