the consumer price index climbed 5.4% in september, compared to the prior year matching the highest rate since 2008. food rose 4.6%. electricity 5.2%. >> we're not learning our lessons from the pandemic. we have very serious supply chain issues that go much greater than just making sure we have presents for the holiday season. >> in 2020, then candidate biden during the early days of the pandemic, this was during that food shortage crisis, he blamed donald trump, then president trump for the mess. listen >> it's not a food shortage. it's a lack of leadership. harness the restaurant industry to help get food to those needed and help get millions of laid off workers back to work in the jobs. that's what the chefs do. this is not rocket science. it is leadership. >> president biden also continuing to push his social safety net package originally priced over 3 trillion dollars.