As oil prices hit $100 a barrel this morning amid President Trump’s war with Iran, the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee – Minority released a new report today that found that American farmers spent $1.4 billion more on diesel fuel during this year’s spring planting season than they did last year. Trump’s war with Iran has caused diesel prices to skyrocket, which has harmed farmers at a time when they already face increased costs and new challenges due to Trump’s tariffs. The report released today includes new calculations nationwide and for the 20 states with the largest increases in diesel costs for planting key crops. It also includes state-by-state data that show how much more it cost this spring to fill up a typical farm fuel tank, grain truck, or tractor amid Trump’s war with Iran.
Jul 22 2026
NEW DATA: Families Have Had to Spend $3,500+ More on Everyday Essentials Under President Trump
American families have had to spend $3,500+ more since President Trump took office last year, per new data released today by the Joint Economic Committee - Minority. The new data include national, state-by-state, and congressional district-level costs for everyday essentials, including gas.
As President Trump declares that the war with Iran has resumed, the Joint Economic Committee - Minority issued new data today that shows the extent to which the President’s war has driven up gas costs in all 50 states. Since the war began on February 28, Americans have paid a total of $56.4 billion more, or $477 more per household, on the gas they need to commute to work, run errands, pick up their kids, and live their daily lives.
Jul 02 2026
NEW DATA: Trump’s Tax and Tariff Actions Cost Middle Class Families Hundreds of Dollars in 2026
Ahead of the one-year anniversary of when President Trump signed into law the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill, a new Joint Economic Committee - Minority report issued today finds that middle class workers will lose hundreds of dollars in 2026 from the combined impact of the bill and Trump’s tariffs, while the wealthiest Americans receive massive windfalls. The report also includes new calculations on the combined impact of Trump’s tax and tariff policies for specific middle class jobs.
Jun 23 2026
NEW DATA: Businesses, Families Could Save Thousands on Child Care Through Underutilized Tax Cuts
The U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee - Minority issued a report today with new calculations on potential savings for both businesses and their employees through increased use of existing child care tax cuts. Scenarios created by the Committee and informed by conversations with experts and businesses show that a sample business could get $820,000 in direct tax savings over the first five years that it provides child care benefits to its employees and see an $8 million return-on-investment (ROI). A parent working at this sample company could save nearly $10,000 in child care expenses over that same time period.
U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Joint Economic Committee, announced a new investigation into surging energy costs. Today she directed the Government Accountability Office (GAO), an independent watchdog office, to investigate the extent to which the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has evaluated and responded to energy market pressures and the impact FERC’s efforts have had on prices for consumers. FERC is the independent federal agency responsible for regulating interstate energy markets and ensuring that consumers have access to reliable, safe, and efficient energy at a reasonable cost.
U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Joint Economic Committee, released today the results of her investigation into scams and drug-related content on Spotify, a major music streaming service. The report details the company’s efforts to identify and take action against more than 57,000 podcast episodes with drug-related content, but also notes that Spotify only took these actions after extensive public reporting and correspondence between Spotify and the Joint Economic Committee - Minority over the course of the investigation. Spotify also did not report to law enforcement any of the content that it removed in the six-month period that the Committee investigated.
American families have had to spend $3,100+ more since President Trump took office last year, according to new data released today by the Joint Economic Committee - Minority. The new data released today also include state-by-state statistics for everyday essentials.
Jun 03 2026
NEW: Americans Have Paid $43 Billion More for Gas as Bessent Dismisses Rising Costs as a “Blip”
In response to Joint Economic Committee Ranking Member Maggie Hassan (D-NH)’s questions this morning, Secretary Scott Bessent called inflation under President Trump a “short-term blip.” Bessent also vastly underestimated increased gas, and overall costs, even as rising costs under Trump continue to burden hardworking families across the country.
May 21 2026
Joint Economic Committee Leaders Raise Anti-Scam Efforts with Major Telecommunications Companies
U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee Chairman David Schweikert (R-AZ) and Ranking Member Maggie Hassan (D-NH) today urged three major telecommunications companies to strengthen their anti-scams efforts. Chairman Schweikert and Ranking Member Hassan requested detailed information from AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon about their current strategies to identify and curb scams. Their outreach follows testimony from administration officials and key experts at a bipartisan Committee hearing in March that focused on the threats posed by well-resourced, ever-evolving criminal scam operations.