Rep. Kean Jr. Heads Home for Recess as New Jerseyans Struggle to Pay for Gas, Groceries, Utilities
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New Jersey – This week, Rep. Tom Kean Jr. is headed back home to New Jersey, where he continues to decline to host a town hall, speak with constituents, or engage with any press. Unfortunately for those who live and work in New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District, President Trump’s war in Iran is sending gas and diesel prices through the roof, making everything from airfare to groceries more expensive. This comes after Republicans in control of Congress voted to gut clean energy production, taking clean energy projects offline at a time when energy demand and utility costs are skyrocketing.
Here are just a few ways New Jerseyans are worse off thanks to Trump:
- In the past month, gas prices in New Jersey have now surpassed $4.02, up from $2.92 a mere month ago.
- Since Trump took office, average New Jersey household electricity costs have increased by 17.53%
- 6 clean energy projects have been delayed or canceled in New Jersey – jeopardizing 8,019 jobs, nearly $3.7 billion in investment, and 4,800 MW of new generation, enough to power over 3.2 million homes.
Here are some questions Rep. Kean Jr. owes New Jerseyans answers to:
- Why aren’t you holding a town hall or talking to your constituents?
- What would you say to New Jerseyans who are struggling to pay for the rising cost of groceries, gas, and utilities?
- What’s your response to the majority of New Jerseyans who don’t support Trump’s war in Iran?
- Why haven’t you stood up against President Trump’s war on clean energy in New Jersey?
Republicans in Congress – like Rep. Tom Kean Jr. – have voted to gut clean energy projects in their own districts that would have created jobs and protected Americans from global energy shocks. Meanwhile, Trump is bragging about making money off of the war and telling Americans to quit whining about soaring gas prices, leaving vulnerable Republicans scrambling to spin his disastrous economic agenda.
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