RELEASE: Rep. Eric Burlison puts Missourians’ jobs and health at risk by sponsoring a repeal to the Inflation Reduction Act
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025
Contact: Claire Cook-Callen, Claire@ProgressMO.org
Rep. Eric Burlison puts Missourians’ 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 H.R. 191 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.
In the last two years, the IRA has brought $75 million to Missouri in energy rebates to lower energy costs in homes, $156 Million for Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund’s Solar For All program, and has capped the cost of insulin at $35 impacting more than half a million Missourians living with diabetes.
Nationally the IRA has brought over $265 billion in clean energy investments with an estimated $6.6 billion coming to Missouri by 2030.
“The Inflation Reduction Act brought thousands of good-paying union jobs to Missouri,” said Brandon Flinn, Business Manager, Missouri-Kansas Laborers District Council. “Because 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.”
According to the 2025 MIssouri Diabetes Report 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’s district, the reduction in healthcare costs and capped insulin cost from the IRA has been lifesaving.
“As a constituent of Rep. Burlison, I am very disappointed in his decision to co-sponsor this bill,” said David Trippe, Springfield resident. “I 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’s 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.”
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