Cantwell Statement Ahead of Trump Signing Disastrous Budget Bill
EDMONDS, WA – Today, the United States House of Representatives passed a budget bill 218 to 214; President Donald Trump has indicated his intent to sign the bill into law tomorrow morning, on the Fourth of July. U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement:
“With the House green lighting President Trump’s goal of taking away health care access and food security for millions, many Americans are going to suffer, and many working families will see their costs go up.
“This law is the largest cut to Medicaid in history, which will raise costs for everyone’s health insurance. Hospitals, local elected officials from both parties, and everyday Americans all begged Republicans to make changes, but they refused. They stuck to their cruel plan to kick 17 million Americans off of their health insurance and take SNAP benefits away from millions of families -- all so that billionaires and corporations could get another tax cut.”
Sunday night, Sen. Cantwell delivered a speech on the Senate floor to highlight how various provisions included in the bill sell out the American people. That speech can be watched in full HERE; a transcript is HERE.
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