Waterloo Times

A freshman congresswoman from Iowa is speaking out about the rising costs of almost everything in the United States with inflation up nearly 6% from where it was at this point in 2020. 

According to a July 13 report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the cost of living has increased 5.4% over the past 12 months. It's a startling increase felt by many taxpayers across the country, and one that isn't sitting well with U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA).

"After more than 6 months serving Iowans in Congress, let me tell you this: I'm just getting started," Hinson wrote in a July 27 tweet on her Twitter page. "The tax-and-spend policies from the Biden Administration and Pelosi's Congress are unacceptable. I'll keep fighting for taxpayers."

According to Fox Business, President Joe Biden has suggested that this inflation is transitory and that his economic agenda will tamp down inflation even with all of its spending.

Inflation rose 0.9% in the previous month alone, according to the same July report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Market Watch reported the cost of used cars rose 10.5% in June, accounting for more than a third of the increases in overall consumer prices for the month.