DeGette Statement on House Republicans’ Budget Resolution

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-01) released the following statement after House Republicans passed H. Con. Res. 14, the FY2025 Budget Resolution.

“House Republicans just passed a bill that sets the stage for cuts to Medicaid and food stamps so that they can fund huge tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans and corporations.

“The budget resolution put forth by Republicans in Congress directs my committee, the Energy and Commerce Committee, to find $880 billion in ‘savings’. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office reported that it would be impossible to cut that much without touching Medicaid. Not to mention, their budget calls for at least $230 billion in cuts that threaten nutrition assistance during a period of fast-rising food prices, and it also repeals clean energy investments included in the Inflation Reduction Act. 

“In my district alone, over 161,000 of my constituents who rely on Medicaid could lose their health care. And more than 123,000 of my constituents who rely on food stamps to feed their families could lose this critical lifeline.

“This bill is nothing more than a rushed, sloppy response to Donald Trump’s demands to pass his ‘one, big, beautiful bill’—a win he desperately needs because he has nothing else to show for his leadership.

“As Trump and Elon Musk continue to slash and burn their way through our government, I refuse to support his agenda and call on my Republican colleagues to stop bending the knee to Trump and Elon and get serious about helping the American people.”

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