Sen.-elect Adam Hamilton says he’d be disappointed if Democrats focus on investigating Trump

Sen.-elect Adam Hamilton, who flipped deep-red Kansas for Democrats, said Sunday that he hopes to prioritize lowering costs for his constituents in the next Congress and that he would be “deeply disappointed” to spend two years investigating members of the Trump administration.

“The bigger priority for me, and I think for most people in America, especially people living paycheck to paycheck, is ‘please help us with the cost of living,’” Hamilton told NBC News’ “Meet the Press.”

Specifically, he said the new Congress should immediately focus on ending the war in Iran and “claw[ing] back tariffs policies.”

“If I spent the next two years — my first two years in the Senate — in investigations, I’d be deeply disappointed. I want to get to work helping the people in my state and helping the people across the country,” Hamilton said.

After Democrats’ landslide victories Tuesday, which granted them control of the House and Senate in the next Congress, newly elected leaders and those who were re-elected are turning to focus on their priorities for the next two years.

Many are calling on colleagues to focus on an affordability agenda, but some senior leaders have said that they’ll also prioritize oversight…

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