{"id":976,"date":"2025-01-15T21:26:54","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T21:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/progressmo.com\/?p=941"},"modified":"2025-01-15T21:26:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T21:26:54","slug":"release-rep-eric-burlison-puts-missourians-jobs-and-health-at-risk-by-sponsoring-a-repeal-to-the-inflation-reduction-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/2025\/01\/15\/release-rep-eric-burlison-puts-missourians-jobs-and-health-at-risk-by-sponsoring-a-repeal-to-the-inflation-reduction-act\/","title":{"rendered":"RELEASE: Rep. Eric Burlison puts Missourians\u2019 jobs and health at risk by sponsoring a repeal to the Inflation Reduction Act"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong>
Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025
Contact: Claire Cook-Callen, Claire@ProgressMO.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rep. Eric Burlison puts Missourians\u2019 jobs and health at risk by sponsoring a repeal to the Inflation Reduction Act<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Rep. Burlison has signed on as a co-sponsor of H.R.191 which would repeal the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Rep. Eric Burlison of Southwest Missouri has co-sponsored H.R. 191<\/a> to repeal the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The IRA marked a turning point for many Missourians by bringing millions of dollars in infrastructure projects, clean energy jobs, and drastically reducing the price of prescription medications and healthcare costs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the last two years, the IRA has brought $75 million to Missouri in energy rebates<\/a> to lower energy costs in homes, $156 Million for Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund\u2019s Solar For All program<\/a>, and has capped the cost of insulin at $35 impacting more than half a million Missourians living with diabetes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nationally the IRA has brought over $265 billion in clean energy investments with an estimated $6.6 billion coming to Missouri by 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Inflation Reduction Act brought thousands of good-paying union jobs to Missouri,\u201d said Brandon Flinn, Business Manager, Missouri-Kansas Laborers District Council<\/strong>. \u201cBecause of this legislation, our members are working on numerous renewable energy projects, earning family-supporting wages and employing new apprentices who are the next generation for our state’s workforce.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the 2025 MIssouri Diabetes Report<\/a> by the Department of Health & Senior Services, Missouri adults living in low-income households are more likely to be diagnosed with diabetes. For many in Burlison\u2019s district, the reduction in healthcare costs and capped insulin cost from the IRA has been lifesaving. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs a constituent of Rep. Burlison, I am very disappointed in his decision to co-sponsor this bill,\u201d said David Trippe, Springfield resident<\/strong>. \u201cI am one of many people in District 7 who are on Medicare and have seen the benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act. As someone who relies on insulin, the $35 cap has been a huge relief to my family. For years, my prescriptions have been more than $2,000 a years, but because of this bill that\u2019s now the maximum that I will have to pay for the medication that helps me live. I wish Rep. Burlison would have taken seniors and other Medicare recipients into consideration before co-sponsoring this bill.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, Jan. 15, 2025Contact: Claire Cook-Callen, Claire@ProgressMO.org Rep. Eric Burlison puts Missourians\u2019 jobs and health at risk by sponsoring a repeal to the Inflation Reduction Act Rep. Burlison has signed on as a co-sponsor of H.R.191 which would repeal the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. Rep. Eric Burlison of Southwest Missouri has co-sponsored […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/976\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}