LUJAN, SCHUMER, CANTWELL, AND SENATE DEMOCRATS TAKE ON SKYROCKETING COST OF FOOD AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AS TRUMP IMPOSES HIS TARIFF TAX AND TURNS A BLIND EYE TO MONOPOLIES

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan issued the following press release:

As Senate Democrats continue a year-long push on affordability and finding solutions that lower costs for American families, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), and Senate Democrats hosted a roundtable with organizations and advocates examining how President Trump's chaotic trade war and deference to special interests and corporations has skyrocketed the prices of groceries and other household essentials for American families, while also devastating America's farmers and ranchers and straining small businesses and rural communities.

In Trump's America, families are being crushed ...