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Today, U.S. Representative Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24) issued the statement below following House passage of the Republican spending bill proposal that will leave millions of Americans with higher healthcare costs. The bill comes on the heels of President Trump and House Republicans’ “Big Ugly Bill”, which includes severe cuts to healthcare and food assistance for millions of Americans, all to give over $5 trillion in tax cuts to our wealthiest citizens. The Republican spending bill now heads to the Senate for consideration.

“Republicans control the House, Senate, and White House. Today’s vote shows they would rather shut down the government than work with Democrats to protect healthcare for the American people. Democrats put forward an alternative proposal that would address the Republican-led healthcare crisis, lower costs for families, and protect Congress’ constitutional power of the purse. But instead of working with us on a bipartisan solution, Republicans are forcing through a partisan bill that will make matters worse. I won’t rubber-stamp this extreme bill that will rip healthcare away from millions of people. I urge our Senate colleagues to reject this harmful bill and join us in demanding Republicans come to the table to negotiate,” said Rep. Carbajal.

Democrats in both the House and Senate have argued that any stopgap funding bill needs to protect the expanded tax credit subsidies for health insurance purchased through Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges. Those tax credits and the eligibility for them were expanded by Democrats in 2021 under then-President Biden and are scheduled to expire at the end of December. If the tax credits are not protected in the stopgap bill, millions of Americans could lose their health insurance.