This is not a Democrat vs. Republican issue. Tariffs are touching every family and every business in the district.
When the cost of tomatoes at the grocery store jumps, that hits a working mom in Hemet the same as a small-business owner in Vista. When the cost of lumber spikes, it doesn't check your party registration before it squeezes a contractor in Temecula. This is math, and math doesn't care about red-state or blue-state.
What I will fight to lower
- Groceries. Target tariffs and trade barriers that raise the price of everyday food.
- Gas. Stop using the pump as a political football. Hold refiners accountable for price gouging and push for stable supply. End the foreign wars that drive gas prices.
- Housing. Address the supply crunch that's pricing our kids out of the communities they grew up in, including the building materials that make it worse.
- Small-business supplies. Our Main Street shops can't absorb another year of supply-chain sticker shock. I'll push for targeted relief.
How I'll do it
Reaching across the aisle to find common-sense solutions is our best chance, including collaborating with other lawmakers on legislation that directly focuses on rising costs. I'm not going to Washington to pick fights with the other side for a tweet. I'm going to lower the bill at your kitchen table.
Groceries? Rent? Gas? Insurance? Write the campaign, real stories shape the policy.