Leading the effort to beat back inflation. When inflation started going up, I was among the first in Congress to identify the problem and begin crafting solutions. I put my supply chain expertise to work and co-founded the New Democrat Inflation Working Group. I co-wrote the final report - which Forbes Magazine called “the best inflation fighting action plan to come out of Congress” - which made specific recommendations to increase the number of people in the workforce, further ease supply chain congestion, lower energy prices, and more.
Lead efforts to combat inflation by crafting and advancing solutions that address workforce participation, supply chain congestion, and energy prices.
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In response, Chrissy co-authored an Action Plan to Fight Inflation which Forbes magazine called “the best inflation-fighting blueprint to come out of Congress yet.”
Evidence
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Houlahan's House site says she was whip of the New Democrat Coalition Inflation Working Group and released an inflation action plan. The plan urged tariff rollback, addressing workforce shortages, lowering energy and other household costs, supply-chain resilience, semiconductor manufacturing funding, and related research investment.
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The New Democrat Coalition identified Houlahan as Economic Growth and Fiscal Responsibility Task Force Chair for a new agenda building on the 2022 inflation plan. The agenda says New Dems had worked to pass legislation on jobs, supply chains, manufacturing, and everyday costs, while calling for more action on supply chains, workforce development, and energy prices.
Assessments
The promise was framed as a leadership and policy-advancement commitment, not a guarantee that inflation would be fully eliminated. Houlahan held named leadership roles in New Democrat Coalition inflation and economic-growth efforts, helped release an inflation action plan, and advanced a successor agenda addressing the specified channels: workforce participation, supply chain congestion, and energy prices. The relevant activity occurred while she was serving in the same federal office context, so candidate credit is direct and timing is same_term.