My economic plan would immediately help Virginia families by driving inflation down so groceries cost less.
Will drive inflation down to make groceries cost less for Virginia families.
Occurrences
Evidence
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In the archived campaign ad, Jennifer Kiggans says she is 'working to lower costs' and says 'it's time to squeeze out inflation.' The ad links that promise to strengthening the economy and cutting taxes.
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BLS reported that in March 2026 the CPI-U was up 3.3 percent over the prior year, and food was up 2.7 percent over the year. Food at home, the closest official CPI measure to groceries, was still up 1.9 percent over the year.
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Congress.gov shows Rep. Kiggans introduced H.R.5145 on 2025-09-04. The CRS summary says the bill would extend for one year temporary changes that expand eligibility for and increase the amount of the premium tax credit; the bill was referred to committee and remained introduced.
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Reporting on the May 2026 CPI said grocery prices, measured as food at home, rose 0.1% in May and 2.7% over the prior 12 months, while food away from home rose 0.3% in May and 3.5% year over year.
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The food at home index rose 2.2 percent over the 12 months ending in August.
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Inflation remains elevated. Today's policy action will support a timelier return to the Committee's 2 percent goal.
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Food-at-home prices are forecast to increase 2.4 percent, with a forecast interval of 1.8 to 3.0 percent.
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The food at home index rose 1.8 percent over the 12 months ending in September.
Assessments
Kiggans promised to drive inflation down so groceries would cost less, but the outcome was not delivered during her current federal term. The evidence shows grocery prices were still rising in 2026, with official CPI measures for food at home up year over year rather than down. She did introduce a cost-related bill on premium tax credits, but that measure was not enacted and was not closely tied to lowering grocery prices or broad inflation. That is not enough to count as delivering the promised outcome, and it does not show a sufficiently direct serious attempt on the specific grocery-inflation pledge to warrant an effort badge.
The promised outcome was to drive inflation down enough to make groceries cost less for Virginia families. The cited March 2026 BLS data show CPI, food, and food-at-home prices were still higher year over year, so the grocery-cost outcome was not delivered. Kiggans did make a concrete legislative cost-related attempt with H.R.5145, but it was not enacted and concerned health insurance premium tax credits rather than grocery prices or inflation broadly. Because there was some serious legislative effort on household costs but the promised grocery/inflation outcome failed, the appropriate rating is never with an effort badge.