Washington, DC — Today, Representative Jim Himes (CT-04) released the following statement:
“The Republican budget resolution is explicitly designed to maintain historically low tax rates on the wealthiest people—a cost that will be paid by gutting the Medicaid program, which serves 80 million Americans, and by adding trillions of dollars to the United States debt. These aren’t just numbers or statistics, a ‘yes’ vote on this bill is a vote to deny a child lifesaving medication that his family can’t independently afford, to expel a grandmother from an assisted care facility when she can no longer support herself financially, and to kneecap a local non-profit that delivers hot meals to disabled seniors in the community.
“These are the people who will suffer the most while the President and his billionaire cronies gloat over another round of golf at Mar-a-Lago. Democrats will not be complicit in their depravity.”