So we’ve got to control the cost of healthcare.
Control the cost of healthcare.
Occurrences
In Congress, she is working to bring down the cost of housing, increase choices for childcare options, and cut out the middlemen who jack up the cost of healthcare.
Marie is working to bring down the cost of housing, increase choices for childcare options, and cut out the middlemen who jack up the cost of healthcare.
Evidence
Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez said she met with the American Legion 150 to discuss veterans' services access, noted that rural areas make it difficult to connect veterans to the services they are entitled to, and said her office continues to assist Southwest Washington veterans through casework, including returning more than $1.6 million from the VA to constituents.
Assessments
The available record shows Gluesenkamp Perez worked on health-cost issues during her current House service, including introducing or co-leading bills aimed at lower-priced generic drugs, preventing ACA premium spikes, supporting rural ambulance access, and voting for House health-cost transparency legislation. However, the evidence does not show that she delivered a completed federal outcome that broadly controlled or reduced healthcare costs; the cited May 22, 2026 activity concerns veterans' service access and constituent VA casework, not a concrete healthcare-cost control measure. Because there were serious legislative efforts but no demonstrated enacted delivery of the promised outcome, this should be scored as not fulfilled with an effort badge.