Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) wants you to know he feels your pain at the gas pump and the grocery store. He also wants you to know that President Donald Trump is doing his part to fix it, and that Congress is the one that needs to step up.

In a post on X on Saturday, Scott acknowledged Americans' concerns about the cost of living. "Americans are worried about the high cost of living, and I don't blame them," he wrote. He added that Trump was doing his part but urged Congress to "DELIVER FOR FAMILIES and PROTECT THE AMERICAN DREAM."

Trump's Energy Push Gets a Thumbs Up

In a Fox News interview clip shared alongside the post, Scott said Trump was working to reduce oil and gasoline prices through increased domestic energy production and cooperation with Venezuela, while acknowledging the need to defend the U.S. against Iran.

"Trump is doing everything he can… to get oil and gas prices down," Scott said.

That's the easy part for a Republican senator to say. The harder part is what comes next.

Congress, Scott Says, Needs to Balance the Budget

Scott argued that Congress must take responsibility for the federal budget, pointing to annual deficits of about $2 trillion.

"We're the ones that have to balance the budget," he said, adding that balancing the budget would help bring inflation under control.

Scott also promoted his 'Rescuing America' plan, which calls for balancing the budget, dramatically reducing regulations, and streamlining the permitting process.

"That'll get prices down. That I did as governor of Florida," Scott said, referring to his push to reduce regulatory hurdles and speed up approvals.

The Numbers Behind the Rhetoric

Last week, the U.S. recorded a $1.992 trillion budget deficit in fiscal 2026, with net interest payments exceeding defense spending. That's a milestone that should make everyone sit up straight.

Moody's Analytics Chief Economist Mark Zandi warned of a "fiscal reckoning," citing rising debt and Treasury yields.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent attributed September's inflation increase to an energy shock, predicting prices would fall once the Iran conflict ended.

Consumer prices rose 3.7% year over year in September, above economists' expectations, while monthly inflation accelerated to 0.6%. Gasoline prices jumped 9.1% month over month in September, accounting for more than half of the monthly CPI increase.

So Scott's message is simple: Trump is working on the energy side, but Congress needs to do its job on the fiscal side. Whether that happens is another question entirely.