Harris zeroes in on high food prices as inflation plays a big role in the presidential race
Vice President Kamala Harris is zeroing in on high food prices as her campaign previews an economic policy speech coming up in North Carolina
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris is zeroing in on high food prices as her campaign previews an economic policy speech Friday in North Carolina, promising to push for a federal ban on price gouging on groceries as she looks to address one of voters' top concerns.
Harris is putting particular emphasis on rising meat prices, which she says account for a large part of rising bills at checkout.
Year-over-year inflation has reached its lowest level in more than three years, but food prices are 21% above where they were three years ago. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has pointed to inflation as a key failing of the Biden administration and its energy policies.
Harris, at the same time, is drawing closer to President Joe Biden's legislative and economic record. The two celebrated their efforts to cut prescription drug prices as she made her first joint speaking appearance, at an event in Maryland, with Biden since she replaced him at the top of the Democratic ticket nearly four weeks ago.
They announced that drug price negotiations will knock hundreds of dollars — in some cases thousands — off the list prices of 10 of Medicare’s most popular and costliest drugs. The program was created through the 2022 health care- and climate-focused Inflation Reduction Act. Harris’ vote Senate vote, as vice president, helped Democrats overcome unanimous GOP opposition to make the bill law.
“The tiebreaking vote of Kamala," Biden told the audience, “made that possible.”
He added that Harris is “gonna make one helluva president."
Biden undertook his own efforts to contain rising
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