The Joint Economic Committee – Minority released a new report today finding that amid President Trump’s tariffs and rising economic uncertainty because of them, Americans across the country are paying higher prices for July 4th cookout beer, food, and gear.
U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Joint Economic Committee, is pushing the Social Security Administration to resume reporting on metrics such as current call wait times, the share of callers who get disconnected, and processing times at field offices on its public dashboard. Recently, the Social Security Administration removed this data from its website, and availability of this information on the public dashboard is critical for seniors and other beneficiaries navigating the benefits process.
U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), as Ranking Member of the Joint Economic Committee, is leading an effort to assess the impact that President Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs will have on grocery costs for everyday Americans. Senator Hassan today sent letters to Albertsons, Dollar General, Walmart, Costco, and Kroger seeking details that will help Congress and the public better understand the impact that these tariffs will have on the cost of food for families, as well as on companies and workers in the grocery supply chain.
The Joint Economic Committee – Minority released a new report today finding that the combination of President Trump’s tariffs and the Republican budget bill will cost the typical firefighter, teacher, truck driver, and other middle class workers hundreds of dollars next year, while the wealthiest Americans will get massive windfalls.
The Joint Economic Committee – Minority released a new report today finding that since President Trump imposed his tariffs, new parents in the United States are paying 24% higher prices for key goods for new babies. The Committee analyzed price changes between April 1st – just before Trump announced the so-called “Liberation Day” tariffs on nearly every country – and June 9th.
Jun 05 2025
NEW: Updated State-by-State & Congressional District Data on Health Insurance Losses from Medicaid, ACA Cuts
The Joint Economic Committee - Minority released updated data, broken down by state and Congressional District, of the 16 million people who would lose health insurance due to President Trump and Congressional Republicans’ proposed cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released an updated analysis this week.
The Joint Economic Committee – Minority calculated new state-by-state data on the number of people who would lose health insurance due to President Trump and Congressional Republicans’ proposed cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act.
“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.”
“Small business owners are innovative, driven, and scrappy – they often operate on razor-thin margins and are constantly finding new ways to grow. But President Trump’s tariffs are needlessly causing immense uncertainty for small business owners, forcing them to make layoffs, increase prices for their customers, and even close their doors. Through new data and the direct experiences of individual small business owners, this report demonstrates the ways in which tariffs are already hurting small businesses,” said Senator Maggie Hassan, Ranking Member of the Joint Economic Committee.
Apr 14 2025
REPORT: New Data Show Role of Medicaid – Especially Medicaid Expansion – in Combating the Fentanyl Crisis
“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.”