Washington, DC – Today, Representative Lucy McBath (D-GA-06), in collaboration with the New Democrat Coalition, is releasing the Affordability Agenda, a policy roadmap to help make life more affordable for Georgia residents by focusing on lowering the five care costs that are too high for hardworking people: health care, housing, energy, family care, and household essentials like groceries. 

“Across Georgia, families are working hard and still struggling as the costs of living continue to rise faster than paychecks,” said Rep. McBath. “Too many people are forced to choose between groceries, health care, housing, and keeping the lights on. This Affordability Agenda is about delivering real solutions that lower everyday costs and put working families first. Every family deserves a fair shot at the American dream.”

Despite promising to lower prices “on day one” and to “end inflation,” President Trump and Republicans in Congress have failed to lower the cost of living as their billionaire-first agenda makes life more expensive for hardworking Americans. 

With the Affordability Agenda, Representative McBath and her colleagues are offering a better path forward to lower everyday costs in the short-and long-term by rolling back harmful policies pushed by Republicans in Washington, promoting competition and supporting small businesses to boost consumer choice, and breaking down regulatory barriers across the government to meet the needs of everyday Americans. 

Affordability Agenda Highlights

Groceries & Household Essentials

• Restore certainty by rolling back Trump’s tariffs and advancing smarter, durable trade policies.
• Support small producers and crack down on corporate bad actors to increase competition and lower prices in the food marketplace.
• Lower internet bills by restarting the Affordable Connectivity Program.
• Increase the minimum wage and ensure workers have a seat at the table.

Health Care

• Reduce monthly costs by extending ACA tax credits and expanding access to prescription price caps.
• Protect patients from surprise medical bills and aggressive debt collection.
• Expand access to care by fully funding Medicaid and strengthening Medicare’s guaranteed benefits.
• Increase competition and transparency while cracking down on fraud and abuse.

Housing

• Cut red tape and update permitting and zoning to build four million homes in the next decade.
• Convert vacant and underutilized properties into housing units.
• Utilize innovative construction technologies to accelerate home production.
• Build more affordable homes by increasing Low-Income Housing Tax Credit allocations and community benefits.

Energy

• Reform permitting rules to make it faster and cheaper to build energy transmission and generation infrastructure.
• Ensure energy is available and abundant by establishing a level playing field for all forms of energy.
• Reallocate electric grid costs to protect consumers from price hikes due to manufacturing and data center development.
• Invest in energy efficiency and home heating and cooling to lower residential energy costs.

Families

• Create a national paid family and medical leave program that covers all Americans.
• Support working families with expanded access to tax cuts and universal pre-K.
• Leverage federal resources and foster public-private partnerships to enhance care options and paid leave access.
• Invest in the home health and long-term care workforce to care for aging Americans.

Read the full Affordability Agenda here.