Senator holds Scott Bessent's feet to fire in hearing: 'I don’t know if you can hear me?'
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) had a fiery response to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Thursday on Capitol Hill.
Bessent was testifying before the Senate Banking Committee on the U.S. economy under President Donald Trump and his economic policy agenda.
"Last week, Trump said 'we have the groceries going down.' Did grocery prices drop in 2025?" Warren asked Bessent.
"Numerous prices have," Bessent said.
"Did grocery prices drop in 2025?" Warren asked again.
"Numerous grocery prices have gone down," Bessent said
"I'm sorry. I don't know if you can't hear me?" Warren said.
Bessent attempted to respond when Warren unleashed a serious rebuttal.
"Please stop. Have you seen the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which is Donald Trump's own Bureau of Labor Statistics numbers, that report that grocery prices were 2.4% higher at the end of 2025 than they were at the end of 2024?" Warren asked.
"Trump's own Department of Agriculture has projected that those prices would climb higher in 2026 and under Donald Trump, families are paying more and more for groceries," she said. "So if you're just going to insult people by denying the facts that are out there and tell people they're doing great when they're struggling, I think it's just another way to say you don't have a plan to bring down these prices. You're not willing to admit the failures of the Trump administration."