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Representative Kelly Armstrong offers solutions to end energy inflation

Oct 24, 2022

What can Washington do bring down energy prices and help U.S. farmers and ranchers? Americans for Prosperity Vice President of Government Affairs Akash Chougule recently interviewed Representative Kelly Armstrong to find out. The discussion was part of AFP’s #CongressConvos series. Inflation hurts American farmers and ranchers Congressional Democrats and Biden administration officials have tried to […]

Representative Ron Estes shares what he really thinks about Washington’s current state

Oct 19, 2022

With inflation at record highs, spending continuing to skyrocket, and everyday Americans struggling, it’s obvious that America is in dire need of a change of course. “It’s actually becoming the kind of business that our forefathers ran from in order to start America,” Representative Ron Estes told Americans for Prosperity. So where did we go […]

Senator Marsha Blackburn discusses how to boost growth and cut inflation

Oct 18, 2022

Senator Marsha Blackburn joined Americans for Prosperity’s #CongressConvos series recently to discuss the federal policies that will enhance economic and job growth. Blackburn, the first woman from Tennessee elected to the Senate, noted that since President Joe Biden took office in January 2021, food prices have risen 13.5%. Gas and fuel prices have jumped 68%. […]

Rep. Kevin Hern: America needs better energy policy

Rep. Kevin Hern: Americans need better fiscal and energy policy

Oct 13, 2022

Americans for Prosperity’s Congressional Conversations series invites federal lawmakers to discuss the problems on voters’ minds and offer solutions to those challenges. Congressman Kevin Hern joined the series in late September to tackle inflation and energy prices. AFP Senior Federal Legislative Liaison Matthew Silver and AFP-Oklahoma State Director John Tidwell moderated the discussion, which viewers […]

How the Inflation Reduction Act would raise taxes while failing to reduce inflation

Aug 1, 2022

Updated September 2, 2022 On August 16, 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law the latest iteration of Washington’s tax-and-spend proposal called the Inflation Reduction Act. But don’t let the title fool you: the proposal would do anything but reduce inflation. Here are three major things it doesn’t do: ❌Reduce inflation ❌Bring down gas prices […]

Everyday Americans have been telling AFP staff how inflation is affecting their families. They've been doing this at True Cost of Washington food and gas rollback events where AFP staff, like these activists from Louisiana, have been dropping high prices caused by increasing inflation.

Everyday Americans share how historic inflation is affecting their families

Jul 29, 2022

Inflation is about more than economics. It’s about the lives of everyday Americans who are struggling with massive price increases at the pump and the grocery store while their incomes remain stagnant. Americans for Prosperity launched the True Cost of Washington Tour to talk to everyday Americans about how inflation is personally affecting them. Across […]

Mobile gas station sign advertising high gas prices. Why is inflation increasing and driving up the cost of gas and groceries? Find out in this 60-second video.

Why is inflation increasing so much? Here’s the answer in 60 seconds.

Jul 15, 2022

News outlets across the country reported this week that inflation rose 9.1% in June, which was higher than expected. This historic inflation – felt by everyday Americans at the gas station and the grocery store – has left many people wondering: Why is inflation increasing? As Americans for Prosperity’s Senior Fellow for Fiscal Policy, Kurt […]

Americans for Prosperity-Nebraska State Director Jessica Shelburn is interviewed by the media at AFP's True Cost Event in Bellevue. The event lowered the cost of gas in 2022 while connecting customers to Washington's failed policies as the cause of historic inflation and rising gas and grocery prices.

Interested in joining the True Cost of Washington Tour? Here’s what the press is saying.

Jun 29, 2022

Across the country, Americans for Prosperity activists have been rolling back the clock on gas prices to provide regular folks with relief at the pump. If you’re curious about The True Cost of Washington Tour, it’s garnered a lot of press coverage that answers why AFP launched these events and highlights the solutions AFP is […]

Americans for Prosperity State Director Ashley Klingensmith (left) takes a photo with AFP-PA staff and activists at a BP station in PA, where the team provided relief from the high cost of gas by lowering the price to below three dollars a gallon as part of AFP's True Cost of Washington Tour.

Ashley Klingensmith shares with Fox how her team lowered gas prices below three dollars

Jun 24, 2022

Watch the latest video at foxnews.com While Washington has made plenty of promises to lower gas prices and curb inflation — it’s proven to be nothing but lip service. Gas prices in 2022 continue to rise, groceries bills reach new heights every day, and many Americans are living paycheck to paycheck. That’s why Americans for […]