office. and then in the past 24 hours, we've seen the senate advance two key pieces of my economic agenda. the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the budget resolution that is the framework for more build back better plan. today i'm pleased to share more in guz with the latest report on consumer index is down by nearly two-thirds from its pace over and when you take out the goods directly impacted by the pandemic, like cars and airplane tickets, and month, the monthly core consumer price index that is less than two-tens of 1%. here's where we stand.