“The most important responsibility of government is to keep people safe – and that includes ensuring that we are not reliant on adversaries like China for components of defense technologies. This new report highlights the critical role that the Inflation Reduction Act plays in strengthening our national security and lowering costs for American families – and the progress that President Trump and Congressional Republicans are now threatening to reverse.”

“The Trump Administration and Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle agree that access to addiction treatment is a critical tool in combatting the fentanyl crisis – and as this new report highlights, Medicaid is what enables one million people to get medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction, the gold standard of addiction care,” said Senator Maggie Hassan, Ranking Member of the Joint Economic Committee. “President Trump and Congressional Republicans have proposed gutting Medicaid — in order to pay for tax breaks for corporate special interests and billionaires — which would jeopardize addiction care just as our country is finally starting to see progress in addressing the fentanyl crisis.”

Senator Martin Heinrich released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that prices measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 0.3% in November. Data also show that annual prices grew 2.7.% over the last year.

“But with President-Elect Trump in office, the reality for Americans’ finances will become bleak. Trump and Republicans have led Americans to believe that their policies will lower costs, but make no mistake: imposing new tariffs, mass deportations, and politicizing the Federal Reserve will lead to skyrocketing prices. "