WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell issued the following press release:
This morning, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released Consumer Price Index (CPI) data for December (https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm), showing that prices are up 2.7% over the past 12 months. U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and senior member of the Finance Committee, released this statement:
"President Trump promised to lower prices on day one. He has not. In fact, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said today that consumer prices are 2.7 percent higher than a year ago. The price of groceries is up 2.4 percent and electricity prices are up by 6.7 percent. Instead of...