Jim Inhofe: “I am convinced of this, and I think we need to get those up.”

In April, inflation was up 8.3 percent, and the average American family is spending an extra $569 every month just to buy basic necessities.

Hadn't thought about that.

OK. Michal, first of all, it is nice to see you again. It is kind of funny because we have always gotten along famously in spite of the fact that we disagree probably on more things than we have agreed on, but on the other hand, it has…

There is no state that is more dependent upon the issues that are brought in this Committee hearing, and this is the reason I got on it in the first place.