New Dem Leadership Blasts House Republicans For Voting to Raise Healthcare Costs for Millions of Americans
New Democrat Coalition Leadership issued the following statement after the final House passage of a Continuing Resolution (CR) that fails to extend crucial tax credits to lower healthcare costs or address the broader Republican-caused healthcare crisis.
The Coalition officially opposed the legislation on Tuesday.
“Hardworking Americans are demanding Congress take decisive steps to lower the cost of living and protect their healthcare, which is why New Dems have worked so hard to bring Republicans to the negotiating table and why we could not support this flawed bill.
“This legislation grossly fails to deliver for the American people – leaving millions of hardworking people in the painful position of not being able to afford health insurance for themselves or their families next year. It also fails to responsibly constrain a President who has demonstrated that he will stop at nothing to inflict pain on working Americans to line his pockets and advance his extreme agenda.
“Republican lawmakers have again shown that they don’t care about solving the healthcare and affordability crisis they created. The American people watched in horror as Republicans tried to use hungry families and mass layoffs as leverage during the shutdown so they could force through healthcare cuts and price hikes for working families – all to fund the massive tax breaks for billionaires. The cruelty and corruption are the point; look no further than a provision in the bill that allows a group of Republican Senators to sue and receive millions of dollars in taxpayer-funded payouts.
“House Republicans need to listen to the American people who are imploring them to work with Democrats to take action, or own the consequences if they don’t. This is not the end of our fight; New Dems will work as long as it takes to deliver real solutions to lower healthcare costs for the American people.”
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