The Cost-of-Living Emergency Act puts the focus on American families, not Wall Street, and makes it easier to hold accountable any corporation that price-gouges, to prevent sudden spikes in household bills, and to provide immediate relief when essential costs rise.
Support legislation to address the cost-of-living emergency by lowering essential costs for American families and cracking down on price gouging and other abusive pricing practices.
Occurrences
Congressman Deluzio joined with several of the signatories on this letter to introduce the Price Gouging Prevention Act in July 2025 to expand the FTC’s authority to combat price gouging, particularly during exceptional market shocks such as war or military action.
Evidence
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Deluzio’s office says he and Sen. Mark Kelly introduced the Cost-of-Living Emergency Act, describing it as legislation to address the cost of living emergency, make it easier to hold corporations accountable for price gouging, prevent sudden spikes in household bills, and provide relief when essential costs rise.
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GovInfo records that Mr. Deluzio introduced H.R. 8135 on March 27, 2026, and that it was referred to Financial Services plus Education and Workforce, Energy and Commerce, Judiciary, Budget, and Rules. The bill title and full title state it addresses the cost of living and directs actions to address the emergency.
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The bill text declares an emergency with respect to the high cost of living and includes sections for actions on household costs, including coordination on the costs of food, housing, utilities, health care, and transportation, plus enforcement-related provisions.
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GovInfo records H.R. 8135 as the Cost-of-living Emergency Act, sponsored by Christopher R. Deluzio of Pennsylvania, introduced in the House on March 27, 2026, and referred to multiple House committees. The full title says the bill would declare an emergency regarding the cost of living and direct actions to address it.
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The introduced bill text declares a high-cost-of-living emergency, defines basic household necessities to include food, housing, gasoline, medical services, and utilities, creates cost-reduction coordination duties, and establishes DOJ-FTC enforcement work targeting price gouging, price-fixing, price discrimination, and other anticompetitive practices.
Assessments
The promise was to support legislation addressing cost-of-living pressures by lowering essential costs and cracking down on price gouging or abusive pricing. Deluzio fulfilled that legislative-support promise in the same federal House term by sponsoring and introducing H.R. 8135, the Cost-of-living Emergency Act, which directly covers essential household costs and enforcement against price gouging and related abusive pricing practices. The record shows introduction and committee referral rather than enactment, but enactment was not required by the wording of this promise.
The promise was to support legislation addressing cost-of-living pressures by lowering essential costs and cracking down on price gouging or abusive pricing. Deluzio materially fulfilled that action-oriented promise in federal office by introducing H.R. 8135, the Cost-of-living Emergency Act, during the same congressional term. The bill’s stated purpose and provisions directly match the promised legislative subject matter, including household cost relief and enforcement-related measures. Because the claim is framed as supporting legislation rather than securing final enactment, introduction and sponsorship of matching legislation count as delivery, with the effort badge reflecting a serious legislative action.