Washington, D.C. — Yesterday, after over a month of helping keep the government shutdown and watching health care and food costs rise, Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01) decided to hold her first in-person town hall of the year…in November. The town hall was held with a day’s notice in a remote part of her district with fewer than 1000 residents.
This was one of only a few times the Congresswoman has made herself available to meet people like Jennifer, Billy, and Maria, who are upset over her decision to cut Medicaid to give tax breaks to billionaires. Miller-Meeks was booed and heckled as she attempted to deceive her constituents about her votes to cut health care and even claimed that she hadn’t voted on the cost-raising tariffs. In reality, she voted in support of the tariffs not once, not twice, but three times.
“Unrig Our Economy has been hard at work telling Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks’ constituents all about her votes to raise prices of groceries and everyday goods through tariffs, cut programs like Medicaid and SNAP, and her refusal to prevent health care costs from rising,” said Unrig Our Economy Campaign Director Leor Tal. “To date, Unrig Our Economy has spent over $1 million in ads sharing the experiences of people like Jennifer, Billy, and Maria. We’re not done yet. It’s no wonder the Congresswoman was unable to pull the wool over her constituents’ eyes. Iowans know how Congresswoman Millet-Meeks has impacted their wallets and lives – and they’re not afraid to speak out.”
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About Unrig Our EconomyUnrig Our Economy is a national campaign to fix the rules of our economy to make it work for working people. We know that when the middle class does well, all of us do well — which is why we’re fighting on behalf of working Americans and holding corporations, their wealthy executives, and the politicians who enable them accountable.