Vast Bipartisan Majority Votes to Pass Congresswoman Lee’s Amendment Urging Congressional Action to Bring Down the Cost of Living

Download Congresswoman Lee's Remarks on the House Floor Here

WASHINGTON – Today, an overwhelming bipartisan coalition voted to pass Congresswoman Lee's (NV-03) amendment encouraging Congressional action to combat inflation and address high costs of living for American families. The amendment passed the House by a vote of 364-56, which secured its inclusion in H.R. 347, the Reduce Exacerbated Inflation Negatively Impacting the Nation Act that passed the House this morning.

"My amendment underscores the fact that it is not the sole responsibility of the Executive Office of the President to reduce inflation, but that productive, bipartisan legislative action is the best way that we can combat inflation and bring down the cost of living," said Congresswoman Lee on the House floor. "I represent southern Nevada, a part of the country that has been hit especially hard by the price hikes driven by supply chain disruptions, the pandemic, and Putin's invasion of Ukraine. Nevadan families have been hurting. They have been forced to make difficult choices about how to make ends meet and how to provide for their loved ones for far too long. And they're tired of the finger-pointing. They're done with the partisan potshots and the bickering."

You can watch and download Congresswoman Lee's full remarks here.

Congresswoman Lee's amendment reinforces Congress's responsibility to take meaningful action to address the increased cost of living impacting Nevada families, whereas the original bill simply required increased transparency into potential inflationary pressures as a result of executive actions. You can find the full text of Congresswoman Lee's amendment here and the full text of H.R. 347, the Reduce Exacerbated Inflation Negatively Impacting the Nation Act here.

Congresswoman Lee is Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Women's Caucus, a leader of the Problem Solvers Caucus, and has been ranked the tenth most bipartisan of 435 members of the House. She has worked tirelessly in Congress to find ways to lower costs for Nevada families from provisions to lower the cost of prescription drugs, health care premiums, and energy costs in the Inflation Reduction Act, to her support for the bipartisan Lower Food and Fuel Costs Act law Congress.

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