Families are feeling the pressure at the checkout line, the gas pump, and when the bills come due. Keeping up with the cost of living is now the most pressing challenge for households across the country, and people are looking for solutions that bring some relief.

The latest data from the consumer price index show costs rising 4.2% over the past year. Inflation spares no one: Working families, retirees on fixed incomes, and small-business owners alike must absorb costs and tighten budgets to make it through the week. We cannot afford policies that make costs worse. As families like mine navigate the aisles of their corner grocery store or local supermarkets, we are facing an invisible threat to our family budgets: a confusing and expensive web of conflicting state regulations on our food that is driving costs up.