the best result possible. call one eight hundred, eight million this is cnn news central and here s a look at some of the top stories that we re following at this hour. the cdc is reporting new birth rate statistics for the year 2022. although birth rates among women in their mid-30s and 40s ticked up, the teen birth rate, which has been fall for more than three decades dropped to a record low. the cdc says in 2022 there were 13.5 births for every 1,000 teens ages 15 to 19. that is down from 13.9 in 2021. in milwaukee, a man charged with stealing a police cruiser back in december is under arrest again for stealing another police cruiser.
big differences between the parties how to handle it. a senator kind enough to join us, a republican, gop conference chair. senator, good to have you back. thank you. thank you, neil. neil: where do things stand now? we need a couple of things. one is we need to end this wasteful washington spending. at the same time we need to fund the government. so there are a couple ways to do it, but a government shutdown isn t going to happen. the thing with this wasteful spending and you ve seen a lot in the last two years brought us 40-year high inflation. the president talked about it today. since he s been in office, prices are up 13.9% overall, the most expensive christmas in history in terms of gifts, in terms of food, even in terms of decorations. so when the president was asked today about when he thought prices would get back to normal, he said hopefully at the end of next year. neil, joe biden is turning into the grinch that stole christmas.
purple states. new republican congressmen and women have been hired by their neighbors, even in deep blue states like new york and california. even further evidence that when the american people get an unmuddled look at the common sense conservative vision on the issues, they like what they see. so i look forward to working with our house republican colleagues, new and returning, in the years to come. now on a related matter the capitol may be preparing for the next congress but hard working americans are still being hurt every day by the reckless party line spending that democrats rammed through during this congress. since president biden took office, and his all democratic government fired up the printing presses our nation has been hit with 13.9% inflation. in the state of georgia, inflation is even worse. it is closer to 15% since
house races. in some cases the democratic opponent is outraising the republican opponent by millions of dollars and this matter because candidates are allowed to book cheaper air time than a committee or pack. and these are third quarter numbers, in georgia rafael warnock has 13.9 compared to herschel walker, 7.4 million and mark kelly has $2 million and compa compared to plaque masters and john fetterman has 4.2 million compared to memez oz s $2.5 million. there is a bright stretch in the midterms but they re still facing a battle in the house and the senate, bianna. interesting. thank you. well in about 30 minutes president biden will speak at the white house about reducing the deficit. this is as he tries to build