‘Our Work Isn’t Done’: Pete Aguilar Promotes House Dems’ Efforts On Housing Costs & Inflation

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During a press conference last week, Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-CA) was asked about inflation and housing costs.

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00:00The April inflation report came out this morning, and inflation pooled, but red gas and car

00:07insurance are still the key drivers of inflation.

00:11I know you all speak about the health care provisions and the inflation reduction at

00:15the chips and at the American Rescue Plan, but what's your message to Americans who are

00:19looking for relief around housing in red and gas is creeping up as we head into the summer

00:26season and car insurance is becoming a huge expense for people.

00:30What's your message to Americans outside of use your voice in November to vote Republican

00:35ballot?

00:36Our voice is look at our track record and what we've done to reduce the costs that everyday

00:41Americans face, but our work isn't done.

00:44And none of us are up here saying that our work is complete.

00:48Our work is incomplete because we haven't done enough in order to lower those costs,

00:53but we will advocate for priorities that continue to do that.

00:57When I think about housing and look, all of us come from areas that feel this concern

01:03every day.

01:05Efforts that Maxine Waters has taken policies that we have tried to get over the finish

01:11line to make investments in affordable housing to drive down those costs to allow increased

01:18homeownership opportunities.

01:21Those are things that our communities are talking about and those are the investments

01:24that we feel are worth making.

01:26So time and time again, we will continue to do this.

01:29We've we've tried to check oil and oil companies from from their efforts as well

01:36in the past.

01:37Those are the things that the public can expect us to continue to champion, but we understand

01:42the cost that they're facing.

01:43We understand that it's that it's difficult.

01:45We hear it.

01:47We acknowledge it.

01:48We know that we can do two things at once.

01:51We can both acknowledge that the president has created 15 million, you know, good paying

01:55jobs around this country while realizing that costs continue to rise for Americans and that

02:01there is more work to be done.

02:03Is the vice chair said this is something, you know, lowering cost is something that

02:08the caucus is very focused on at policies that we can introduce and implement within

02:14the next Congress when when we're in charge is very much top of mind.

‘Our Work Isn’t Done’: Pete Aguilar Promotes House Dems’ Efforts On Housing Costs & Inflation

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