WASHINGTON, March 5 (TNSRep) -- Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, ranking member of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following research analysis: * * * Americans this past year have faced the highest - and fastest climbing - inflation rates in four decades. Rapidly rising prices are harming American families, eroding the value of their paychecks, and increasing the financial strain of buying everyday goods like groceries and gasoline. Inflation is also eroding the value of savings, making it hard  more