Mariannette Miller-Meeks: Inflation is hurting families, and I have a plan to reduce it - Des Moines Register

If elected to a 2nd term, I volition continue working to trim ostentation by putting a halt to out-of-control authorities spending and unleashing American energy.

• Mariannette Miller-Meeks is the Republican campaigner successful Iowa's 1st Congressional District.
• The incumbent was archetypal elected to the bureau successful 2020.

I person felt called to service our federation from a precise young property and person been honored to service archetypal successful azygous and present arsenic a subordinate of the United States House of Representatives.

Having been raised successful a household with 8 children by a ma who earned her GED and a dada who was an Air Force sergeant, I cognize what it means to work to marque ends meet. I left location astatine 16 to find a mode to enactment myself done aesculapian school, moving and enrolling myself successful inferior college, enlisting in the U.S. Army and getting a grade successful nursing to proceed to enactment nighttime shift.

While serving arsenic a nurse, I worked my mode done aesculapian school. Along the way, I joined and had 2 children. After 24 years of combined progressive work and Army Reserves, I retired astatine the fertile of lieutenant colonel. I joined the University of Michigan staff and aboriginal joined the University of Iowa Department of Ophthalmology faculty. I entered private signifier successful Ottumwa successful 1997, was the first female president of the Iowa Medical Society, and served 3 years arsenic the manager of the Iowa Department of Public Health.

It’s due to the fact that of my beingness experiences that I understand why inflation is the number-one root of symptom for families, workers, farmers, and Main Street businesspeople in Iowa. I cognize that runaway spending by legislature Democrats and President Joe Biden person made ostentation overmuch worse, making it hard for galore Iowans to spend groceries and capable the state vessel each week. With my Republican colleagues, I americium determined to bash thing astir it.

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If elected to a 2nd term, I volition continue working to trim ostentation by putting a halt to out-of-control authorities spending, unleashing American energy, bolstering home manufacturing, prioritizing American innovation, and ensuring that Iowans person entree to affordable wellness care.

Expanding our renewable vigor sector to cement our vigor independence has been — and will remain — 1 of my apical priorities. I americium committed to proving that clean, renewable vigor is attainable for each authorities by utilizing Iowa arsenic a model to amusement however it tin beryllium done. Doing truthful is crucial to permission a cleaner, healthier satellite for our children and grandchildren, and it will curb our reliance connected countries similar Russia, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. We person the quality to beryllium vigor independent and wage little for the substance that powers our economy and our lives, but to bash truthful we indispensable put successful American energy.

I americium arrogant of my service, but I cognize determination is overmuch much enactment to beryllium done. I convey the voters of Iowa’s 1st Congressional District for their assurance successful me, and I inquire them to instrumentality maine to Congress to proceed to enactment for them. Together we tin guarantee Iowa remains the champion spot to live, work, and to rise a family.

Mariannette Miller-Meeks is the Republican campaigner successful Iowa's 1st Congressional District. The incumbent was archetypal elected to the bureau successful 2020.