Brown Statement on Senate Reconciliation Vote

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) releases the following statement: 

“This bill is cruel, reckless, and just plain wrong. Senate Republicans just voted for the largest cut to Medicaid in history and the largest cut to SNAP in history. Millions of Americans will lose their health care if this bill becomes law, hospitals will close, and working class people will become sicker, poorer, and more in debt. All so the wealthiest Americans can get more tax breaks they don’t need.

“The process behind this bill has been just as appalling. Instead of listening to the people they represent, too many in Congress have chosen to hide from accountability. Every lawmaker who supports this bill owes the American people an explanation—and should have to look families in the eye and justify the harm they’ve unleashed.

“I will fight this bill with everything I have in the House.”

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