New Dem Leadership Condemns Final Passage of Republicans’ Big Ugly Bill as the Most Damaging Legislation for Working Families in Modern American History
Today, New Democrat Coalition Leadership issued a joint statement following the House passage of President Trump and Congressional Republicans’ dangerous bill.
“House Republicans just passed what is without question the worst tax and spending bill in modern American history. Full stop.
“For months, New Dems have joined the American people — who overwhelmingly oppose this legislation — fighting, imploring and even pleading with Republicans to recognize the obvious and stop this trainwreck. Instead, Congressional Republicans almost unanimously turned their backs on hardworking Americans, once again hiding in the darkness of night.
“There’s no other way to put it: this extreme package is the largest transfer of wealth from the working class to the ultra-rich our nation has ever seen. It will rip healthcare away from 17 million Americans and food assistance from tens of millions more, including millions of children. It will raise the price of everything from electricity to groceries, destroy millions of jobs, and take money out of the pockets of working and middle-class families. It will threaten rural hospitals, nursing homes, and reproductive care.
“All to give trillions of dollars in tax breaks to the already ultra-wealthy like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, adding at least $4 trillion to our national debt. Simply put, it is an unmitigated disaster at every turn.
“One month ago, when we said the reckless Republican agenda was not inevitable, we were counting on our colleagues across the aisle to show courage and conviction and reject this big, bad bill. Today, they demonstrated they have neither. Instead, in cowering and caving to the whims of President Trump, they have knowingly condemned the American people to a future in which they are less healthy, less safe, and poorer for generations.”
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