WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) joined her Senate colleagues in urging President Donald Trump to reject Congressional Republicans’ legislative plans to increase the cost of living for Americans. Last week, Congressional Republicans in both chambers approved for floor consideration their 2025 budget proposals, their blueprints for a large package that would raise costs for hardworking families and target critical services like Medicaid.
“But the Republican budget plans do not focus on lowering costs, and in fact will raise costs for American families by forcing them to pay more for groceries, health care, education, and caregiving,” wrote the senators.
Congressional Republicans’ budget plans will:
- Raise food costs: The Republican budget plans tee up extensive cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Meals on Wheels.
- Raise health care costs: The Republican budget plans also pave the way for 15 Republican proposals to cut Medicare, Medicaid, and Affordable Care Act coverage. These Republican cuts would raise health care costs for over 160 million Americans.
- Raise education costs: The Republican budget plans set up cuts to programs that help families afford college, including Pell Grants and income-driven repayment plans, and tax scholarships for hard-working students.
- Raise caregiving costs: The Republican budget plans pave the way to cut programs that help families care for kids, people with disabilities, and aging loved ones. Cuts to these essential programs will make it impossible for many working families to live and work with dignity.
“If Congressional Republicans are successful at passing their proposals, it will mean that families will pay more for food, healthcare, education, and caregiving – while Republicans plot more tax cuts for billionaires,” they continued. “We urge you to stand by the promises you made to the American people about lowering costs, including by committing not to sign any legislation that raises their costs.”
The full letter can be found HERE.
Senator Rosen has been holding the Trump Administration accountable to their promise to lower costs for hardworking Nevadans. Earlier this month, she took the Senate floor to call out the Trump Administration for its lack of actions to lower grocery prices and address the egg shortage.
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