Kelly, Gallego, Stanton, Ansari, Grijalva, Respond to New Report Showing Arizona Families Paid Over $1,500 More in 2025 Due to Inflation Under Trump

Arizona Senators Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego, alongside Representatives Greg Stanton (D-AZ-04), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ-03) and Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ-07), responded to a new report from the Joint Economic Committee finding that Arizona families paid an average of $1,569 more in 2025 due to inflation during President Trump's first year in office. The JEC analysis shows that inflation drove up costs across essential household expenses, including $188 more for housing and $251 more for transportation for the average Arizona household.

The report directly contradicts President Trump's promise to lower costs "on day one" and repeated claims that inflation has been "stopped" and that "prices are down." According to the JEC, rising costs are being driven in part by economic uncertainty, Trump tariffs, and higher prices across major household spending categories, leaving families struggling to make ends meet.

"Families across Arizona are doing everything they can to stay afloat, but they're still paying more for housing, groceries, health care, and everyday necessities," said Kelly. "Donald Trump promised to lower costs for working families. Instead, he called the very real affordability crisis a 'hoax' while his policies have driven prices up and left Arizonans paying over $1,500 more in just one year. That's money families should be spending on groceries, rent, and saving for the future, not covering higher costs caused by bad policy."

"After just one year of Trump's chaos, Arizona families are paying $1,569 more in everyday expenses. When I meet Arizonans, I see people filling their gas tanks halfway and putting items back at the grocery checkout. They're working harder than ever and trying to stretch paychecks that haven't gotten any bigger," said Gallego. "This is Trump's America: people pay more and get less."

"People are struggling to make ends meet because the President of the United States slapped almost everything they buy with illegal tariffs. I'm fighting in Congress and the courts to end the chaos because Arizonans deserve better," said Stanton.

"Donald Trump promised to lower prices for American families, but he's spent his first year in office gutting jobs, starting conflicts with other countries, and using his position to enrich himself and his billionaire friends. Prices are still up, and Arizonans are suffering-unable to afford groceries and medication, let alone save for a home. We need real solutions and real leaders who actually care about their constituents," said Ansari.

"Arizona families are paying the price for broken promises and reckless economic policies. Instead of lowering costs, Trump's tariffs and economic chaos have driven up the price of housing, transportation, food, and health care-leaving working people and families stretched thinner every day," said Grijalva.

Background:

The minority Joint Economic Committee analysis uses Consumer Price Index (CPI) data through December 2025 and household spending data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis to estimate how much more families in each state paid in 2025 due to inflation, using the same methodology previously applied by the Republican Joint Economic Committee. In Arizona, rising housing and transportation costs have been especially significant, compounding pressure from higher health care, utility, and food costs.

Kelly has been actively pressing the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress to address the cost-of-living crisis. Last week, he sent a letter to President Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. urging action on health care affordability, and this week he met with families and small business in owners in Phoenix to hear firsthand how rising costs are affecting household budgets and local businesses.

Read the full report here.