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Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Sean Casten (IL-06)

Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman David G Valadao (CA-21)

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman David Valadao (CA-22) released the following statement on the House budget reconciliation vote.

“It was not an easy decision for me, but I voted yes on the budget reconciliation bill,” said Congressman Valadao. “Since January when the reconciliation process began, I’ve been a vocal advocate for protecting and preserving Medicaid for the most vulnerable in my district. I know how important the program is for my constituents. Many policy changes were suggested over the past six months that would have devastated healthcare in my district, including changes to the federal match rate for the California and per capita caps on the expansion population, and after months of meetings, I was able to prevent these provisions from being included. However, the Senate version of the budget reconciliation bill ultimately made more changes to Medicaid than the House-passed version, and I had several concerns.”
 
Congressman Valadao continues, “Since they were announced, I made my concerns about the provider tax and state directed payments provisions clear to my colleagues in the House and Senate and the administration. After numerous conversations, an additional $25 billion was added to the newly established Rural Health Transformation Program—which will help to support rural and other at-risk hospitals in my district—bringing the total to $50 billion. I’ve been assured by the administration that it will be structured in a way that benefits our providers and keeps our hospitals and communities running. To be clear, I still have concerns with the implementation of the provider tax and state directed payment provisions of H.R. 1, but I’ve worked and will continue to engage with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to identify specific risks to Valley hospitals and mitigate them.” 
 
“Ultimately, I voted for this bill because it does preserve the Medicaid program for its intended recipients—children, pregnant women, the disabled, and elderly. The bill also includes dozens of other policy provisions that directly benefit CA-22, including blocking the largest tax hike on working families in American history, eliminating taxes on tips and overtime, expanding the Child Tax Credit, enhancing deductions for seniors, and keeping provisions in place that double the standard deduction for over 90% of taxpayers in my district. These are real wins that will put more money back in the pockets of hardworking families throughout the Valley.”
 
“In addition to critical tax provisions, I was able to secure $1 billion in western water storage and conveyance funding to support critical water infrastructure throughout the district. The bill also authorizes key Farm Bill investments by increasing funding for specialty crop research, expanding crop insurance coverage, providing funding to prevent pollution of drinking water in rural communities, and extending funding for the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP). After weeks of meetings, I was able to successfully secure improvements to the IRA tax credit language to support the Central Valley’s clean energy sector. This version of the bill will provide companies with a long transition period to construct renewable facilities, protecting investment in our region.”
 
“No piece of legislation is perfect, but this bill ultimately reflects the priorities of CA-22—lower taxes, stronger farms, better infrastructure, and a commitment to protecting access to healthcare for Valley residents. I came to Congress to be a voice for our community, and I’ll keep fighting every day to make sure every provision is implemented responsibly to serve the needs of our district. While there’s still more work to do, this bill is a meaningful step forward.”

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Ted Lieu (33 District of California)

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) issued the following statement after voting against Donald Trump’s Big Ugly Bill, H.R. 1. The bill passed the House 218-214 and will now be signed into law. In California, more than 2.3 million people will lose health insurance and 368,000 could lose access to food assistance because of this bill. 

“Republicans just passed the Big Ugly Bill. The bill cuts approximately $1 trillion from Medicaid. The bill results in cuts of $500 billion to Medicare. The bill will kick 17 million Americans off their health care. The bill also cuts essential anti-hunger programs, increases utility bills, defunds Planned Parenthood, and blows a $4.5 trillion hole in the federal deficit. Why did Republicans go through all this trouble? To give tax breaks to billionaires.

“I will not mince words: this is an absolute betrayal. A betrayal of hardworking Americans who are struggling with the high cost of living in Trump’s terrible economy. A betrayal of children, seniors, and veterans who rely on Medicaid, Medicare and anti-hunger programs.  A betrayal of everyone who believes our government should help our communities thrive, not make Americans sicker, hungrier, and poorer.

“All 212 House Democrats voted no. We fought back against this bill every way we could. We assembled on the Capitol steps to call on four Republicans to stand up with us, I joined my colleagues to go live on social media to speak about how the American people will be harmed, and I demanded Republicans reverse their cuts to Medicaid and anti-hunger programs on the House Floor. Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries broke a record by speaking on the House Floor for nearly nine hours straight to delay the vote and share real stories of Americans who will be hurt by the Republican bill.

“All we needed was four Republicans to do the right thing and protect their constituents. Instead, they voted to betray the American people. My heart breaks for the Americans who will be harmed by this bill. What Republicans did is shameful. This is a distressing moment in our nation’s history. But I will not stop fighting for you. House Democrats are in this for the long haul – we will not be silent, and we will keep doing everything we can to fight against the Republican attacks on everyday people.”

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (1st District of Maine)

Today, after the U.S. House passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act without any Democratic support, Maine First District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree released the following statement:

Today, the House passed the most harmful, heartless, and regressive bill I’ve seen in my time in Congress. It’s difficult to overstate the scale of devastation this legislation will unleash on families across the country.

This bill represents one of the largest wealth transfers in American history—cutting more than $1 trillion from Medicaid and putting health care for millions of people at risk. It slashes SNAP benefits by nearly $300 billion, threatening food security for working families and children. The burden this will put on states, whose budgets are already strained—particularly with respect to health care and food security—is enormous and will almost certainly lead to higher state and local taxes. And they’re doing it all to hand more than $1 trillion in tax breaks to billionaires and corporations, adding $3.3 trillion to the national deficit. They’re willing to sacrifice the health and wellbeing of hardworking Americans, struggling families, and marginalized communities to make the rich ever richer. It’s deeply immoral and needlessly cruel.

And let’s not forget the absurd political vendettas and pet projects tucked in the bill, like raising taxes on clean energy, showering the oil and gas industry with subsidies, building the President’s so-called ‘Garden of Heroes’, and moving the Space Shuttle Discovery to Texas. It hands ICE over $75 billion—more than we spend in a year on the Marine Corps or medical research–to create a sprawling, secretive deportation force and a vast network of detention centers, enriching private prison companies while subjecting immigrant communities to unfathomable fear and suffering.

The impact of this legislation here in Maine will be devastating. Tens of thousands could lose access to health care and food assistance. We’re already seeing the closure of hospitals and clinics across the state. This bill puts even more pressure on our state’s already strained health infrastructure. And immigrants in our communities—many of whom have already survived unimaginable hardship and who contribute actively to our communities and local economies—will be forced to live in even greater fear of being detained or disappeared.

That Speaker Johnson chose to keep the procedural rule vote open for hours last night while holdouts made backroom deals with the President on their own pet issues, forcing debate on the bill into the dead of night, underscores the chaos that has defined this process from the very beginning. 

Leader Jeffries’ extraordinary floor speech today laid bare just how dangerous and damaging this bill truly is, and how Republicans are betraying the people they represent. Meanwhile, it’s clear from the President’s own comments that he doesn’t even know what’s in his signature legislation, or that it will kick 17 million people off their health care. The ignorance and apathy on display is staggering.

This bill is not about helping everyday Americans. It’s an assault on the working class, a gift to the ultra-wealthy, a climate disaster, and a ticking time bomb for the economy. 

It’s shameful. It’s dangerous. And it’s unforgivable.

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Dan Newhouse (4th District of Washington)

Headline: Newhouse Statement on Passage of H.R. 1

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (WA-04) released the following statement upon final House passage of the Senate-amended H.R. 1. The legislation, which passed 218-214 now goes to President Trump’s desk to be signed into law. 

“At the start of this Congress, we made a commitment to reduce government spending, keep taxes low for hard working Americans, and make reforms to federal assistance programs to ensure their long-term sustainability. This is by no means a perfect bill, but it delivers on our commitment while benefiting farmers, families, and small business owners across central Washington. 

H.R.1 prevents the largest tax hike in American history, increases the Child Tax Credit, and unleashes American energy production to lower costs and reduce inflation. It makes the largest-ever investment in border security and makes our nation safer by strengthening our military. I was able to secure continued investment in our current and future nuclear energy fleet, which is vital to the Tri-Cities and the surrounding region. 

We include major portions of the Farm Bill to deliver critical assistance for our farmers and ranchers, including my long-time priority of doubling the Market Access Program and Foreign Market Development Program to open new markets for our ag exports. I worked with House Leadership not once, but twice, to successfully prevent the sale of our public lands in this bill. 

We are protecting Medicaid and SNAP for those who truly need it by requiring part-time work requirements for able bodied adults without dependents and establishing a $50 billion fund for our rural hospitals. By reducing improper payments to deceased individuals and defunct providers, we are ensuring there are more funds for the low-income individuals, families, and seniors who rely on the program. I am committed to keeping our rural hospitals open, and I will utilize my position on the House Appropriations Committee to do just that. 

Working families, small businesses, rural hospitals, and farmers across Central Washington have been at the top of my mind throughout this process. For weeks since we first passed H.R. 1, I have heard from my constituents about the legislation’s benefits and downsides, and I have truly given serious thought to the legislation. This was a hard, thoroughly considered vote that I believe will benefit the people of my district.” 

The following are provisions in H.R. 1 that Rep. Newhouse worked to secure.  

Market Access for Farmers and Ranchers 

• Doubles funding for the Market Access Program and Foreign Market Development Program to give Central Washington producers the upper hand in global markets.

Nuclear Energy Tax Credits Preservation 

• Protects the small nuclear reactor project in Richland.
• Allows advanced nuclear projects to utilize the Production Tax Credit (45Y) and Investment Tax Credits (48E) once they have commenced construction.
• Maintains the Nuclear Power Production Tax Credit (45U) through 2031 for existing nuclear reactors. 

Protections for Rural Hospitals 

• Commitments that funds from the Rural Health Transformation program will support rural hospitals in Washington state. 

H.R. 1 delivers an economy that is pro-growth, pro-worker, pro-family, and pro-business:  

• Makes the 2017 tax cuts permanent, preventing the largest tax hike in American history on the middle class.
• Removes taxes on tips, overtime pay, and Social Security for seniors.
• Makes permanent the 20 percent Small Business Tax Deduction, delivering $250 million in GDP growth and 5,000 jobs to Washington’s Fourth District annually.

H.R. 1 makes historic investments into the agriculture industry:  

• Increases the coverage level and affordability of certain crop insurance policies used by specialty crop producers.
• Provides more affordable crop insurance for beginning farmers and ranchers for the first ten years of farming.
• Expands access to standing disaster programs and conservation programs.
• Improves the livestock programs to be more responsive to drought and predation and expands producer eligibility for the tree assistance program.

H.R. 1 makes the largest investment into border security in American history: 

• Funds over 700 miles of border wall at the southwest border.
• Funds 3,000 new Border Patrol agents and 5,000 new Customs and Border Protection officers.
• Invests in cutting-edge technology to combat the flow of fentanyl across the border.

H.R. 1 makes common-sense reforms to Medicaid to ensure the program’s long-term sustainability: 

• Work requirements for able-bodied adults without dependents to work, volunteer, or pursue further education 80 hours per month to receive benefits.
• Prevents illegal immigrants from receiving taxpayer-funded benefits.
• Ensures the program will continue to efficiently serve eligible participants who truly need it.
• Establishes the Rural Health Transformation Program at $50 billion to states and to covered facilities including a wide array of small, rural, and Medicare-dependent hospitals, rural health clinics, community mental health centers, opioid treatment programs, and more.

H.R. 1 reforms the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to support recipients and end abuse of the program: 

• Saves taxpayers nearly $200 billion through reforms to SNAP that ensure the program works the way Congress intended by reinforcing work, rooting out waste, and instituting long-overdue accountability incentives to control costs.
• Implements modest state cost-share for SNAP to ensure states manage program resources responsibly.
• Incentivizes correcting error rates in SNAP payments by allowing states with an error rate below six percent to be exempt from paying the cost-share for benefits.

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Riley Moore (WV-02)

Washington, D.C. – Today, the House of Representatives passed the final amended version of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Congressman Riley M. Moore voted “Yes” on the legislation.

Congressman Moore issued the following statement:

“In November, the American people gave President Trump a mandate for change after years of mass migration, inflation, and progressive insanity. They demanded secure borders, lower costs, and a return to commonsense. The One Big Beautiful Bill delivers on that America First agenda. I proudly voted ‘Yes’ on this historic legislation.

“This bill provides the largest border security investment in America’s history – $175 billion to finish the wall, hire thousands of new ICE and Border Patrol agents, and conduct mass deportations – giving the President every tool he needs to restore our national sovereignty. We also provide the largest tax cut in American history – no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, and 88% of seniors will pay no taxes on Social Security.  

“The bill also embraces fossil fuels to power our economy, reindustrialize the heartland, and beat China in the AI arms race. It fully defunds Planned Parenthood, invests in a 21st century military, increases and makes permanent the Child Tax Credit, permanently extends important business tax credits – including the Section 199A deduction – and cuts spending by more than $1.35 trillion. 

“President Trump’s signature legislation is a huge win for the American people that puts our nation on the path to a new Golden Age. I can’t wait to see the President sign the One Big Beautiful Bill on Independence Day.”

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Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green Ohio)

Latta Votes to Ensure Tax Relief, Strengthen Medicaid, Prioritize American Energy Dominance, & Reduce Fraud & Abuse in Federal Government

Legislation Heads to President Trump to Sign into Law

Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Paul Tonko (Capital Region New York)

WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Paul D. Tonko released the following statement on the House passage of President Trump’s budget, the so-called “Big, Beautiful Bill” that exacts the largest cut to health care and food assistance in American history, all to bring massive tax breaks to the wealthiest 0.1 percent.

“This bill will go down as one of the most egregious betrayals of the American public in history. At a time when we should be celebrating the birth of our nation and a celebration of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” the President and rubber-stamp Republicans have condemned millions to a harder, less free, less joyous life.

“Republicans spent these past few weeks hemming and hawing about this legislation: from the devastating cuts to Medicaid and SNAP, to the eradication of countless manufacturing and clean energy jobs, to the massive increase in our debt. But after that whining, they went ahead and voted to pass all those disastrous provisions anyway.

“Republicans had one job: to vote no on a bill that their constituents don’t like, that hospitals don’t like, that businesses don’t like, that unions don’t like, that they themselves don’t like. Instead, they voted yes all to appease one man.

“It’s clear that Republicans would rather lie about the contents and consequences of this bill and bow down to wannabe king Donald Trump than protect the lives and livelihoods of their constituents. Regardless of what they believe, they are still beholden to their constituents and the American people. When they go home to their districts, they’ll have to explain why they voted to make more people slide into poverty, more kids go to bed hungry, and more patients die without the care they need.”

Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Jim Costa Representing 16th District of California

WASHINGTON – Congressman Jim Costa (CA-21) released the following statement in honor of the passing of John Harris, a notable farmer, and philanthropist in the San Joaquin Valley.“John Harris was a respected leader in California and American agriculture. In the San Joaquin Valley, people recognized that John Harris made a difference in numerous ways. A proud graduate of UC Davis, he always understood the importance of education and gave back generously whether through his support of Fresno State’s Maddy Institute or mentoring the next generation of agricultural leaders.John was a pioneer in the development and production of healthy food products that made the Harris Ranch Beef one of the most respected food producers in America. His love of horses and agriculture defined his life. I had the good fortune to know John for over 40 years – he was my friend; he will be deeply missed, but his legacy will live on forever.”

Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Nanette Diaz Barragán (CA-44)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 3, 2025

Contact: jin.choi@mail.house.gov

Rep. Barragán Slams Final Passage of Trump’s Big Ugly Bill as a “A Cruel Betrayal of the American People”

Washington, D.C. — Today, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass Donald Trump’s Big Ugly Bill, a massive budget package that rips essential safety-net programs away from working families, children, seniors, and veterans to pay for tax breaks for billionaires. The bill passed 218 to 214. Every single House Democrat voted against the bill.

House Democrats fought until the very last minute to stop the bill’s passage. Leader Hakeem Jeffries took to the floor and delivered the longest “magic minute” speech in House history, stretching his leadership-privileged one-minute speech to nearly 9 hours to shine a national spotlight on the devastating impact this bill would have on American families and to make one last plea for Republicans to choose the well-being of their constituents over the demands of a want-to-be king and their billionaire donors .

The Big Ugly Bill now heads to President Trump’s desk, where he is expected to sign it into law. Once signed, it will mark the largest Medicaid cut in American history and one of the most aggressive redistributions of wealth from poor and working families to the ultra-rich.

“This bill is a moral failure. It’s an assault on the American people — on children, seniors, veterans, and people with disabilities. It strips away health care, food assistance, and basic dignity from those who need it most to hand nearly $1.3 trillion in tax breaks to billionaires like Elon Musk. Republicans didn’t just fail our families today, they betrayed the American people,” said Rep. Nanette Barragán.

“House Democrats fought like hell to stop this bill. We held events in every corner of the country to raise the alarm. I held town halls and community conversations across my district — and heard story after story from families terrified of losing their health care, food banks warning they won’t be able to meet growing demand, and clinic directors worried they’ll have to close their doors. We introduced amendment after amendment and stayed up all night in committee hearings to expose Republican lies and cruelty and demanded better for the American people. But in the end, Republicans in Congress chose to serve Trump and their donors over their country and constituents.”

The numbers are staggering:

• $1.3 trillion slashed from Medicaid, the ACA exchanges, Medicare,  and food assistance.
• 17 million Americans will lose their health care.
• 40 million people — including 16 million children, 8 million seniors, and 1.2 million veterans — will have their food assistance put at risk.
• $4 trillion added to the national debt — including $700 billion in interest — to fund tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans.
• $900 billion in Medicaid cuts alone.
• Cuts that could close 1 in 4 nursing homes nationwide.
• $500+ billion in cuts to Medicare.
• 760,000 manufacturing and clean energy jobs will be lost.
• $400 increase in average household energy bills.
• $96,400 average tax break for Americans making over $1 million — compared to just $247 for families earning less than $50,000 a year.

In California, the damage is severe:

• 2.4 million Californians will lose health insurance.
• Families in California’s 44th District covered under the Affordable Care Act will see an average premium hike of $2,060.
• 28 rural hospitals are at risk of shutting down.
• At least 368,000 Californians may lose some or all of their food assistance.
• 110,000 jobs in manufacturing and clean energy will disappear.
• $670 average yearly increase in energy bills for California families.
• Over 623,000 students in California could lose Pell Grant support for college.

“This bill is theft in plain sight,” Barragán added. “It steals from the poor and middle class to gift the rich. And for what? A few billionaire tax breaks and a cruel vision of America where working families are left behind. House Democrats will never stop fighting to reverse this damage and protect the people we were sent here to serve.”

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