GOP Can ‘Stimulate the Economy and Increase Wages’ Without Democrats: Sen. Kennedy [WATCH]

Sen. John Kennedy discussed inflation, cost-of-living concerns, and the need for congressional action during an exchange with Will Cain, focusing on what he described as disinflation rather than deflation and outlining legislative steps he said Congress should take immediately.

Will Cain opened the discussion by referencing Kennedy’s recent remarks on the economy and inflation.

“Let’s start with the idea of a new reconciliation bill. Let’s talk about affordability politics. Let’s talk about the economy. You give an interesting speech recently when you distinguished between what’s going on now, which is, as you described it, disinflation. That’s the slowing down of Biden era inflation from 9% to the current two to 3% but distinguishing that from deflation, very different, and in your description, very dangerous,” Cain said.

Kennedy responded by acknowledging the reduction in inflation while assigning responsibility for its origin and emphasizing that lower inflation does not mean prices are no longer rising.

“Well, let me say first, I want to give credit to the President, to the Republicans in Congress and to the Federal Reserve for getting inflation down,” Kennedy said.

He contrasted current inflation levels with previous highs.

“It wasn’t that many years ago, will that we had 9% inflation, and that inflation didn’t originate in a bat, that inflation was man made, and that man’s name is President Joe Biden,” Kennedy said.

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Kennedy said inflation has declined significantly but remains a concern for American families.

“So we started at 9% we’ve got it down to 3% that’s the good news. The bad news is that 3% inflation still means prices are going up,” Kennedy said.

He said lawmakers must recognize the continued strain rising prices place on households.

“Now what do we do about first, we acknowledge the problem, and it is a fact that when many moms and dads lie down asleep at night and can’t one of the things they’re worried about is cost of living,” Kennedy said.

Kennedy said dismissing those concerns is not an option.

“And you can say, Well, you shouldn’t be worried about it, because things are better. Well, they’re still worried about it, and my job is to address what people are worried about,” Kennedy said.

He argued that addressing affordability requires action from Congress, not just the executive branch.

“What should we do about it? The president can’t do everything. Okay?” Kennedy said.

Kennedy said Congress should act independently to advance legislation focused on affordability.

“Congress needs to do its part without depending on a single Democratic vote, we can start passing bills tomorrow to reduce the cost of housing,” Kennedy said.

He said proposals are already prepared to address healthcare costs.

“The legislation is ready to lessen the cost of health care,” Kennedy said.

Kennedy also pointed to tax policy changes as a tool for economic growth.

“We have over 200 tax changes that if we made, they would stimulate the economy and increase wages,” Kennedy said.

He said those measures could be passed using the reconciliation process.

“We do it through what’s called reconciliation. That’s how we pass the one big beautiful bill,” Kennedy said.

Kennedy said the legislation would begin helping Americans once implemented.

“And the one big beautiful bill, by the way, is going to help once it kicks in this year, but since we passed it back in July, we hadn’t done anything,” Kennedy said.

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