Hoyer: This Bill is One Big Backbreaking Burden on Working Americans

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement this morning after voting against House Republicans' budget proposal, which passed out of the House of Representatives early Thursday morning:

"Yesterday, the Trump Administration put out a statement that said that voting against his 'one big, beautiful bill' would be the 'ultimate betrayal' of the president. Republicans obeyed, committing the ultimate betrayal of the American people instead.
 
"Indeed, this bill betrays 13.7 million Americans who will lose their health insurance because of its cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act. It abandons 11 million people – including 4 million children – who will go hungry because of Republicans' assault on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). And, crucially, this disastrous piece of legislation sells out future generations of Americans, saddling them with trillions of dollars in debt. 
 
"Today, Republicans have voted to make the most vulnerable Americans even poorer so that the wealthiest among us can get even further ahead. I hope my colleagues in the Senate vote against this abhorrent legislation, just as I did today. This is not 'one big beautiful bill.' This is one big backbreaking burden on working Americans."