WASHINGTON, DC (607NewsNow) — Congress is tackling egg prices. 

Rep. Josh Riley has introduced a bipartisan bill that aims to cut red tape for farmers. Riley, who represents the 19th Congressional district, says the legislation would stop roughly 400 million eggs from being thrown out every year because they don’t meet federal refrigeration requirements.

“Families across Upstate New York are struggling to make ends meet because the grocery bills are too high,” Riley said. “My Lowering Egg Prices Act is a common-sense, bipartisan bill to take unnecessary regulations off the books, put hundreds of millions of eggs on the market, and lower your grocery bill.”

The Lowering Egg Prices Act was introduced Wednesday on the House floor.