We're Democrats. From food to housing, costs keep rising — here’s a serious fix

Democrats propose affordability solutions as families struggle with rising costs while criticizing President's expensive policies and economic approach.

Rep. Nikki Budzinski, a Democrat, represents the 13th District of Illinois, which includes Champaign, Decatur, Springfield, the Metro East and dozens of communities in between. Budzinski is a member of the House Committee on Agriculture and the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. 

The American people need a real plan to make life more affordable. Instead of addressing the problem, the President has dismissed affordability as a "fake narrative" that "doesn’t mean anything." But there is nothing fake about families falling behind, workers stretching paychecks, or seniors worrying about whether they can afford to age with dignity.

That’s why we’ve worked with our colleagues in the New Democrat Coalition to craft the New Dem Affordability Agenda, which lays out a commonsense roadmap to lower the five core costs that are crushing working Americans: health care, housing, energy, family care and everyday household goods like groceries.