[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 21, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H5719]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      SOUND AND SENSIBLE SOLUTIONS

  (Ms. BROWN of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. BROWN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, last week, House Democrats took 
aggressive action to address rising food prices by passing the Lowering 
Food and Fuel Costs Act.
  The bill would lower costs by doing three things:
  First, it will reduce our dependence on overseas fertilizer 
production. Russia and Ukraine are major producers of fertilizer. 
Putin's war on Ukraine has driven up the cost of fertilizer for our 
farmers, and, therefore, for critical staples on our grocery store 
shelves.
  Second, the bill will also crack down on unfair, anticompetitive 
practices in the meat and poultry sector, helping to drive down the 
prices of meat products.
  Third, and finally, it would expand access to cleaner ethanol blends 
that cost, on average, 40 cents less per gallon. This will help ease 
the pain at the pump.
  These provisions may sound technical, but they are sound and sensible 
solutions to lower prices for America's families in the grocery aisle 
and at the gas pump.

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