{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://davids.house.gov/media/press-releases/watch-davids-questions-us-secretary-usdas-efforts-lower-grocery-prices-kansans", "WATCH: Davids Questions U.S. Secretary on USDA\u2019s Efforts to Lower Grocery Prices for Kansans", "2024-03-04", "2024", "2024-03", "Democrat", "House", "KS", "Sharice Davids", "D000629", "davids.house.gov", "davids", "https://davids.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Recently, during a U.S. House Agriculture Committee hearing, Representative Sharice Davids asked U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack about the efforts being taken to secure agricultural supply chains and lower grocery costs. While our economy is experiencing record job creation, the cost of groceries remains high. To help lower those costs, Davids, who was named a \"Champion of the Shippers,\" has worked to shore up our domestic supply chains, which eases inflationary pressures for Kansans.\n\n\u201cStrengthening supply chains is important to all Americans, including Kansas farmers and producers who contribute to our state\u2019s largest economic engine,\u201d said Davids. \u201cDespite recent progress in strengthening our agriculture supply chains, grocery costs still must come down for hardworking families. I\u2019ll continue working with Secretary Vilsack and folks in Kansas to find solutions to lower prices and build an economy that works for everyone, especially for the middle- and working-classes.\u201d\n\nWATCH: Davids inquires about U.S. Department of Agriculture\u2019s efforts to lower grocery costs for Kansas families\n\nDavids previously worked a \"Sharice's Shift\" at a local Price Chopper, where she helped store employees unload deliveries from shipping trucks, stock grocery shelves, and bag groceries. She shared what she is doing in Congress to lower costs for hardworking Kansans and strengthen domestic supply chains, including by voting for the CHIPS and Science Act, which is bringing good-paying jobs to Kansas, lowering costs for consumers, and supporting workforce development.\n\nDavids\u2019 additional work to lower grocery costs and strengthen supply chains include:\n\nVoting to pass the Lower Food and Fuel Costs Act to shore up the food and agriculture supply chain, assure fair competition in the meat and poultry sectors, and lower food and gasoline costs.\n\nHolding multipleroundtables with Kansas business, manufacturing, and technology leaders on how recent legislation to improve supply chains will help boost their businesses' financial security.\n\nCosponsoring the Ocean Shipping Reform Act, a new law aimed at addressing supply chain snags and reducing dependence on goods produced outside of the United States.\n\nMeeting with President Biden at the White House to urge him to pass a supply chain and economic package that invests in American manufacturing.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T20:32:04Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://davids.house.gov/media/press-releases/watch-davids-questions-us-secretary-usdas-efforts-lower-grocery-prices-kansans"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6136271879076958, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}