NEW: As Gas Prices Climb Again, Miller-Meeks and Nunn Back Billions More for War Instead of Lowering Costs at Home
Families continue to pay more at the pump while Republicans refuse to address the rising cost of living, prioritize Trump’s war
As gas prices climb back to an average of $4 a gallon nationwide and Iowa families continue feeling the squeeze from rising costs, Representatives Mariannette Miller-Meeks and Zach Nunn are standing behind an administration asking Congress to spend another $73 billion on the war in Iran after already spending at least $37.5 billion since the conflict began.
In Iowa, drivers are paying around $3.80 per gallon, while higher fuel prices continue driving up the cost of groceries, fertilizer, shipping, and other everyday necessities. Imagine what that money could have done here at home: lowering health care costs, protecting Medicaid, extending Affordable Care Act tax credits, repairing rural hospitals, or helping families struggling with higher prices. Instead, Miller-Meeks and Zach Nunn continue backing policies that leave Iowans paying more while sending billions overseas.
"$37.5 billion is an almost unimaginable amount of money, but Iowa families understand exactly what they're missing," said Mazie Stilwell, Executive Director of Progress Iowa. "Instead of lowering health care costs, bringing back affordable insurance, protecting Medicaid, or helping families afford groceries and gas, Miller-Meeks and Nunn continue to blindly fund another overseas war. Iowa families are being told there's no money for them, but apparently there's always money for more war."
Economists continue warning that even if fighting subsides, energy prices are unlikely to return to pre-war levels anytime soon. Oil markets remain unstable, shipping routes continue facing disruptions, and experts expect elevated fuel costs to continue rippling through the economy well into next year.
For months, Fairness for Iowa has highlighted how Miller-Meeks and Nunn have repeatedly backed policies that increase costs for Iowa families, from supporting the war despite its impact on fuel prices, to allowing Affordable Care Act tax credits to expire and voting for Medicaid cuts that are already forcing clinics and hospital services to close across the state. Today's rising gas prices are yet another consequence of their failure to focus on the urgent issue facing Iowans: affordability.