Statement from Cost Coalition Advisers Terry Holt, a Republican, and Andrew Bates, a Democrat, on Trump speaking about affordability today after raising prices and calling the issue a "hoax":  “The real 'hoax' is that Donald Trump and his cronies ever cared about affordability. He raised the prices he ran on lowering, and now he's about to make health care skyrocket more. Billionaires get tax breaks and drug traffickers get pardons, while everyone else picks up the tab.”

The Cost Coalition endorsed Spanberger in October, as reported by Bloomberg News . Former George W. Bush and Boehner spokesperson Terry Holt and former Biden spokesperson Andrew Bates released the following statement congratulating Spanberger: “By actually listening to voters about their top priority - costs - Abigail Spanberger did what Washington failed to do. Spanberger put Virginians’ pocket books and Virginia’s economy above politics, standing against tariffs, unpreceden

From Cost Coalition advisers Terry Holt, a Republican, and Andrew Bates, a Democrat:  “Washington’s agenda is worsening the cost crisis in America, forcing New Jersey families to pay higher and higher prices for everything from utilities to groceries to health care. Whether you’re a Republican or a Democrat, it’s undeniable that New Jerseyans need economic relief from inflationary tariffs, cuts to American energy and health care made to lower taxes for the rich, and trillions

Spanberger Pledges to Lower Costs with Affordable Virginia Plan From Cost Coalition advisers Terry Holt, a Republican, and Andrew Bates, a Democrat:  “For Virginia families concerned with rising cost of living, the choice in the November election is clear: Abigail Spanberger is a proven leader that is committed to fighting to lower costs. Spanberger put Virginia’s working families first by opposing the Trump Administration’s tariffs that are raising prices and worsening infla

Supreme Court must consider case quickly to provide relief and certainty to American consumers and businesses From Cost Coalition Advisers Terry Holt, a Republican, and Andrew Bates, a Democrat: “A panel of 11 federal judges just confirmed that Trump’s tariffs, which are raising the prices he promised to lower, are illegal. The President claims that the court’s decision could 'destroy America,' but the destruction is already taking place in surging inflation, economic uncerta

Cost Coalition Advisers Terry Holt, a Republican, and Andrew Bates, a Democrat, released the following statement on President Trump’s illegal attempt to fire Federal Reserve Member Lisa Cook: “High prices are already the top priority for the hardworking families who are feeling the growing weight of tariffs, a skyrocketing national debt, and Trump’s instability every time they go to the grocery store. But this illegal power grab pours even more gasoline on the cost crisis Was

Cost Coalition Advisers Terry Holt, a Republican, and Andrew Bates, a Democrat, released the following statement on President Trump’s new wave of tariffs: “Donald Trump’s latest tax hike on working families is deepening America’s affordability crisis. These new tariffs rob the middle class to reward billionaires with inflationary tax windfalls - raising prices even more. Both parties need to stand up for their constituents’ livelihoods, against an agenda that’s lowering econo

Cost Coalition Advisers Terry Holt, a Republican, and Andrew Bates, a Democrat, released the following statement after the Trump Administration announced a new wave of tariff hikes: “While Washington and Wall Street hem and haw about this new wave of inflationary tariffs, Main Street is bracing for higher prices on goods and services the American people use every day. Donald Trump and congressional Republicans promised to make life more affordable, but for average working Ame

Cost Coalition Advisers Terry Holt, a Republican, and Andrew Bates, a Democrat, released the following statement on House Republicans’ voting to worsen inflation with tax cuts for the rich: “House and Senate Republicans have voted to drag the American economy down with an unprecedented tax hike on working families - Trump’s tariffs - and an inflationary tax windfall for the rich. Families were counting on the lower costs that Donald Trump and congressional Republicans promise

Cost Coalition Advisers Terry Holt, a Republican, and Andrew Bates, a Democrat, released the following statement on Senate Republicans voting to worsen inflation with tax giveaways to the rich: “Senate Republicans just voted to drop an inflation bomb  on the American economy, breaking the #1 promise they and Donald Trump made to the American people: lower costs. These tax giveaways to the wealthy add trillions to America’s debt - raising prices, killing jobs, and dragging our

Cost Coalition Advisers Terry Holt, a Republican, and Andrew Bates, a Democrat released the following statement on Senate Republicans deepening the “Big Beautiful Bill” Act’s Medicaid cuts, which the American Hospital Association warns  will close rural hospitals - hundreds  of whom area already operating in the red: “Hundreds of rural hospitals are on the brink of closing, and Donald Trump’s inflationary tax windfall for the rich will push them over the edge. Trump’s hollowi

Cost Coalition Advisers Terry Holt, a Republican, and Andrew Bates, a Democrat released the following statement on new data from the nonpartisan think tank Energy Innovation  showing the economic costs of the “Big Beautiful Bill Act”: “Congress’s nonpartisan referee just confirmed what an overwhelming majority of Americans already suspected: what Donald Trump calls “One, Big, Beautiful Bill” breaks his #1 campaign promise by selling out middle class families to billionaires.

Cost Coalition Advisers Terry Holt, a Republican, and Andrew Bates, a Democrat released the following statement on new data from the nonpartisan think tank Energy Innovation  showing the economic costs of the “Big Beautiful Bill Act”: “In what world is it anything but self-sabotage to shrink our economy, kill jobs, shut down manufacturing, and raise energy bills - all to grow our debt with tax breaks for rich special interests? Not a single American outside Washington DC woul

Terry Holt and Andrew Bates, advisers for the bipartisan Cost Coalition, released the following statement after the U.S. Court of International Trade ruled that the Trump Administration's across-the-board tariffs were unlawful: "Not only are Donald Trump’s across-the-board tariffs the biggest middle class tax hike in modern history - they are also illegal. The Trump tariff Taxes are already costing American families $4,000 a year, a total violation of his promise to lower cos

Cost Coalition Advisers Terry Holt and Andrew Bates released the following statement after the House vote: “Our economy is blinking red, from the Moody’s downgrade to Wal-Mart raising prices, but Congress is asleep at the wheel, creating another cost crisis that will raise prices on all Americans. Whether they’re Republicans, Democrats, or anything else, the American people are speaking with one voice, telling Washington to stop raising prices. Instead of listening, Washingto

Cost Coalition Advisers Terry Holt and Andrew Bates released the following statement after Moody’s downgraded the U.S. economy: “It would be egregious mismanagement to follow a credit downgrade with tax giveaways to the rich that heap $3 trillion onto our national debt. After getting the keys to the best-performing economy in the world, the Trump Administration and their allies have rapidly spiked the costs they promised to lower, slapped new import taxes on the middle class,