DeGette Statement on Trump’s Big, Ugly Bill

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-01) released the following statement after she voted no on the Big, Ugly Bill in the House of Representatives. 

“Today, Republicans in Congress jammed through the most cruel and fiscally irresponsible bill in modern history. It takes vital benefits away from the most vulnerable Americans to give billionaires and mega corporations massive tax breaks in the largest transfer of wealth we have ever seen. It includes the biggest cut in nutritional benefits in our history, it kicks nearly 17 million Americans off their health care, and it defunds Planned Parenthood causing even more Americans to lose health care.

“Furthermore, it assaults our clean energy sector which will kill hundreds of thousands of good-paying jobs and harm our progress on tackling the climate crisis. If that’s not bad enough, this bill will add nearly $4 trillion to the debt and deepen the deficit even as my Republican colleagues endlessly preach about the need for ‘fiscal responsibility.’

“The cruelty behind this bill is simply staggering, and it is all to appease the ego of Donald Trump and further his extreme and hateful agenda of mass deportations and his dangerous America Alone foreign policy. Our country is watching, and those who supported this horrific bill must justify taking Medicaid away from children, the disabled, our veterans, and senior citizens so that billionaires can get even more money in their pockets.

“I am sickened this bill is even seeing the light of day, and my Republican colleagues who supported it should be ashamed of themselves.”

The bill passed by a margin of 218-214 with every House Democrat voting no.

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