Washington D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) released the following statement ahead of the Senate’s vote on Republicans’ reconciliation bill:
“Republicans’ One Big Ugly Bill will be an unmitigated disaster for our economy and our country. This bill will result in the closure of hospitals and clinics, kick millions of Americans off their health care and slash food assistance, all in order to give a massive tax cut to wealthy people and corporations, while borrowing even more money from our kids to do it.
No matter what Republicans say, let’s talk about what’s really in this bill:
It will gut food assistance — a lifeline for seniors, working families, pregnant women, and children, who will go hungry.
It will slash Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, and lead to hundreds of billions of dollars in cuts to Medicare funding, kicking millions of Californians off of their health care when they can least afford it.
It will shutter labor and delivery units and put hospitals at risk of closure around the country, especially in rural and underserved communities, leaving families with nowhere to seek care.
It will decimate clean energy projects, cause hundreds of thousands of job losses, lead to higher energy bills every year, and put us behind China.
It will skyrocket the national debt and deficit, leaving it for our children and grandchildren to pay — hypocrisy of the rankest order.
Americans and Californians are hurting. Prices continue to go up. Housing continues to be unaffordable. And this bill will make things worse — much worse.
What Californians need right now is a government that is working for them – not fighting against them.
We should be focused on bringing down costs, expanding health care for millions, creating economic opportunities, and safeguarding Americans’ hard-earned ability to retire with dignity.
This bill does just the opposite and will cause pain and hardship for millions of families. And that’s why I’ll be voting no.”
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