Congressman Mike Lawler continuously makes life more expensive.
Lawler does not have a solution.
Because he is the problem!
We are all suffering from higher grocery bills, outrageous healthcare and healthcare insurance charges, expensive gas, and crushing interest rates on mortgages and credit cards. Since Lawler entered office in 2025, prices have climbed more than 14 percent overall, with food up over 22 percent, and rent up 24 percent.
Lawler’s support of an unnecessary war with Iran sent living costs up even higher. The May inflation rate rose to 4.2%. This is way above the Federal Reserve Bank target of 2%, and it may trigger even higher interest rates.
At the same time, our national debt has ballooned to $39 trillion due to unfettered spending. Our national debt is now larger than our entire economy. Imagine that you earn $75,000 tax free and owe $80,000! That’s why U.S. household debt has reached an all-time high of $18.8 trillion.
Economists warn that when debt grows faster than the economy, it drives up our borrowing costs, slows wage growth, and increases prices for everyday goods.
Yet Congressman Lawler supported legislation that will add roughly $3.4 trillion more to the deficit over the next decade. You cannot claim to be concerned about inflation and the debt while voting to make both substantially worse.
Higher deficits put upward pressure on interest rates. That means higher mortgage payments, more expensive car loans, and record credit card rates. These higher costs hit working families directly. Meanwhile, cuts to programs like Medicaid and SNAP, shift even more financial burden onto households that are already struggling to keep up.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there has been a rise of “Stealth Layoffs and Contract Work”. Many companies have moved away from traditional full-time W-2 hiring, in order to limit overhead costs like health insurance and retirement matching. Employers are favoring contract work. This trend replaces stable, reliable incomes with unpredictable earnings, no benefits, and individualized financial risk, thus cutting benefits and raising families’ costs for medical care even more.
We need leadership who will take fiscal responsibility seriously and understand that reckless policies in Washington translate into higher costs here at home. Right now, Mike Lawler’s record is making life much more expensive for the people whom he represents.
On November 3rd, I’ll be proud to vote for Cait Conley because, quite simply, we cannot afford to keep Lawler as our Congressman.
Mark A. Lieberman
Yorktown, NY
