WATCH: Davids Votes to Lower Grocery Bills, Shipping Costs

This week, Representative Sharice Davids voted to pass two bipartisan bills aimed at lowering the cost of groceries, fuel, and shipping. As Vice Chair of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, Davids worked across the aisle to send one of those bills—the first shipping reform policy in decades—to the President's desk where it will be signed into law.

WATCH: Davids, isolating at home with COVID, shared a legislative update on her work this week:

"This week we took some important steps towards bringing costs down for businesses, farmers, and consumers," said Davids. "We sent bipartisan shipping reform to the President's desk and voted to lower the cost of food from the farm to the shelf. I'm going to keep working with both parties to pass concrete steps that address inflation and make life more affordable for Kansas families."

The Ocean Shipping Reform Act cracks down on unfair practices at our ports, lowering shipping costs for American exporters. 30 years ago, the largest foreign-flagged ocean carriers controlled around 15% of traffic. Today, they control 75%. As a result, American farmers, ranchers, and businesses have had difficulty getting their goods to market for a fair cost, leading to shortages and higher prices at the store. This bipartisan legislation prohibits ocean carriers from unreasonably refusing to transport American cargo and strengthens the overseas supply chain for American exporters.

The Lower Food and Fuel Costs Now Act is a package of bipartisan bills aimed at reducing fertilizer and fuel costs for farmers and thereby lowering prices at the grocery store. It also takes aim at two major issues that are driving up food prices: bottlenecks in the agriculture supply chain and anticompetitive practices in the meat industry.