Rep. Schneider CATCHES Bessent Lying About Your Grocery Bill

In a House hearing, Rep. Brad Schneider confronts Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on three questions the administration does not want on the record. First: does Bessent — the man whose department enforces U.S. sanctions against Iran — know whether sanctions relief is being considered as a concession for reopening the Strait of Hormuz? His answer: "I'm not part of the negotiating team." Second: Bessent claims Americans have more money in their pockets. Schneider's constituents are seeing beef, coffee, and housing at record highs, rising healthcare premiums, and millions at risk of losing insurance under HR1. Bessent points to a core inflation rate of 2.8% — a number that measures how fast prices are rising, not whether they have come down. Third: Schneider raises the reported Trump-IRS settlement — which, according to reporting, shields the president from future audits. He asks Bessent directly whether the law applies equally to everyone, including the president. Bessent says yes. Then never answers why the president has an audit exemption. This breakdown examines what those non-answers actually mean — and why the gap between the questions asked and the answers given matters beyond this hearing.