    [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 37 (Tuesday, February 25, 2025)]
    [House]
    [Page H826]
    From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                           IT IS TIME TO LOWER COSTS

      (Ms. BYNUM asked and was given permission to address the House for 1
    minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
      Ms. BYNUM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ask: When are prices going
    down?
      I was told that this would be priority number one for this
    administration and Speaker   Mike Johnson, but I have yet to have a
    chance to vote on a single piece of legislation that actually lowers
    costs.
      I am hearing from my constituents over and over and over and over and
    over again that their grocery bills are too high, that they can't
    afford to buy a home, and that their paycheck just doesn't go as far as
    it used to.
      We need to be doing more to help families get by instead of focusing
    on petty partisan politics. I have said over and over again my focus is
    lower costs, more jobs, and a better quality of life for Oregonians and
    that I will work with anyone to get that done. I am pursuing all of
    that by co-leading bipartisan legislation to help rural small
    businesses, by advocating for funding for my district, and by actually
    listening to my constituents. It is time for others to do the same.

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