WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) issued the following statement after a new consumer price report (https://apnews.com/article/us-inflation-consumer-iran-war-3f11b7fdd20ea56d2f0895e5241af7b6) found that prices have surged to their highest level in three years (https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/12/cpi-inflation-april-2026-.html), driven by Donald Trump's war in Iran and his administration's cost-increasing policies:
"At the gas pump, in the grocery store, and across everyday life - Donald Trump's reckless agenda continues to drive up costs for working families. Republicans have rubber-stamped his policies that have made it more difficult to afford the essenti...